Markets
Index sees biggest rise in 6 weeks
(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-03-18 10:30
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SHANGHAI: Mainland stocks rose, driving the benchmark index to its biggest gain in six weeks, as a US pledge to keep interest rates low boosted commodity prices and investors speculated recent equity declines were excessive.
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Ping An Insurance jumped the most in four months after the mainland and Taiwan agreed to allow investments in their financial industries.
The Shanghai Composite rose 57.64, or 1.9 percent, to close at 3050.48.
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