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皇冠体育app stocks surge past 4,000By Dong Zhixin (chinadaily.com.cn)Updated: 2007-05-09 11:10 皇冠体育app's main stock index briefly broke through a key barrier on Wednesday on blue chips before nose-diving into negative territory. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, the most widely watched indicator of the mainland's stock market, sailed past the psychologically important mark of 4,000 at 10:49 am in morning trading.
That marks a gain of 49.53 percent so far this year on top of a 130 percent rally in 2006. However, the Shanghai index then plunged before closing at 3,926.447 points at the end of the morning session, 0.60 percent down from the previous session. Some blue chip stocks showed strong performances. 皇冠体育app Unicom, the nation's second largest wireless operator, gained 8.84 percent to 6.28 yuan per share. Bank of 皇冠体育app rose 6.01 percent to 6.00 yuan, while Industrial and Commercial Bank of 皇冠体育app was up 4.38 percent to 5.72 yuan.
Analysts said the market may undergo drastic vibration after the index breaks
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