Published on 01/19/2026 at 02:55 am EST
(MT Newswires) -- China stocks inched up on Monday after the country's gross domestic product growth eased during the fourth quarter, and other economic indicators softened.
The Shanghai Composite Index, the main gauge of Chinese stocks, gained 0.3% or 12.09 points to reach 4,114. The Shenzhen Component Index rose 0.1% or by 12.97 points to 14,294.05.
China's GDP grew 4.5% in the fourth quarter of 2025, easing from the 4.8% increase in the prior quarter, but surpassed a forecast of 4.4% by analysts polled by Reuters.
Full-year 2025 GDP 5% year on year in 2025 to 140.2 trillion yuan, meeting the government's official target, and beating the 4.9% rise expected by analysts.
Retail sales inched up 0.9% year over year to 4.514 trillion yuan in December, while the total value added of Chinese industrial companies above the designated range increased 5.2%.
Fixed-asset investment slid 3.8%. Meanwhile, new home prices declined 0.4% month-on-month in December and 2.7% year over year.
Unemployment stayed steady at 5.1% in December, unchanged from the previous two months, the filing said.
In corporate news, Tongweiclosed 4% lower on Monday. The solar silicon producer forecast its attributable loss to widen to between 9 billion yuan and 10 billion yuan in 2025 from 7.04 billion yuan in 2024.
Solar giant LONG i Green Energy Technology closed 2% lower after it forecast its loss to narrow to between 6 billion yuan and 6.5 billion yuan in 2025 from 8.62 billion yuan in 2024.

Sumber : MT Newswires