Jan 14, 2026, 11:30 GMT+7
Reuters - Mainland China and Hong Kong stocks advanced on Wednesday, with the Shanghai benchmark hitting a more than a decade high, as upbeat trade data lifted market sentiment.
** At the midday break, the Shanghai Composite indexrose 1.2% to 4,188.24 points, the highest level since June 30, 2015. The blue-chip CSI300 indexgained 1.08%.
** The smaller Shenzhen indexwas up 2.13%, the start-up board ChiNext Composite indexrose by 2.24% and Shanghai's tech-focused

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50 indexsurged 3.71%.
** China reported a strong export run in 2025 with a record trillion-dollar surplus, as producers braced for three more years of a Trump administration set on slowing the production powerhouse by shifting U.S. orders to other markets.
** "Strong export growth helps to mitigate weak domestic demand," said Zhiwei Zhang, chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management. "Combined with the booming stock market and stable U.S.-China relations, the government is likely to keep the macro policy stance unchanged at least in the first quarter."
** President Donald Trump said he thinks China can open its markets to American goods, once again asserting he had a good relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
** U.S. on Tuesday formally greenlit China-bound sales of Nvidia'sH200 chips, its second-most powerful artificial intelligence chip, putting in place a rule that will likely kickstart shipments despite deep concerns among China hawks in Washington.
** AI shares were one of the biggest winners in morning deals, with a sub-index tracking the sectorjumping 3.01%. Hygon Information Technologysurged 5.96%, while Cambricon Technologies Corprose 1.56%.
** In Hong Kong, the benchmark Hang Seng Indexrose 0.92%, while the city's tech sharesleapt 1.53%.
** Separately, market participants look to China's December credit lending data due later this week for more clues on the health of the economy.

Sumber : Reuters