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Stocks in China fell Friday, as the Shanghai Composite Index declined 1.2% to 3957.05.
Among local companies with a market cap of at least 150 billion onshore Chinese yuan ($21.78 billion), China United Ntwk Comms was the biggest laggard, plunging 5.4%, followed by shares of GigaDevice Semicon A, which dropped 4.4%. Shares of Montage Technology A fell 3.2%.
Huadian New Energy Group was the biggest leader during the session, rising 4.4%, and MetaX Integrated Circuits added 2.8%. Shaanxi Coal Industry rounded out the top three movers, as shares gained 2.0%.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index gained 0.1% to 96.04. The dollar strengthened 0.2% against the onshore yuan to 6.89 yuan.
In the bond markets, the 10-year Chinese government bond yield increased 0.69 basis point to 1.849%.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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March 20, 2026 03:30 ET (07:30 GMT)
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