A-share closing review: Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.15% on heavy volume, with nonferrous metals and securities leading the decline
2025-09-18 15:01:23

The three major A-share indices all fell today. By market close, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.15%, the Shenzhen Component Index fell 1.06%, the ChiNext Index fell 1.64%, and the Beijing Stock Exchange 50 Index fell 1.01%. Total trading volume for the three markets totaled 3.1666 trillion yuan, a 763.7 billion yuan increase from the previous day. Over 4,300 stocks fell across the board. Among sectors, tourism and hotels, computing hardware (such as CPO), pharmaceutical commerce, and wind power equipment led the gains, while non-ferrous metals, securities, pork, cinema chains, real estate, and coal led the declines. Gold and non-ferrous metals sectors plummeted, with Wolong New Energy hitting its lower limit, while Hunan Silver, Tin Industry Co., Ltd., and Luoping Zinc and Electricity saw the largest declines. The securities sector continued to weaken in the afternoon, with Great Wall Securities and Guosheng Financial Holdings falling over 5%. Additionally, several stocks in sectors like pork, rare earths, and cinema chains plunged in the afternoon. The tourism and hotel sector bucked the trend, with Yunnan Tourism and Qujiang Cultural Tourism hitting their upper limit. Semiconductor and computing hardware stocks strengthened in the morning session, with many stocks such as Foxconn Industrial Internet, SMIC, and Hygon Information hitting new highs in the morning session.
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