US-Listed Chinese Stocks, ETFs Surge on New Stimulus Reports

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• U.S.-listed Chinese companies from Alibaba to Temu parent PDD and China-focused ETFs billowed Thursday following reports of more bailouts for the country’s suffering economy.
• Bloomberg reported that Beijing is envisioning to inject around $140 billion into its largest state lenders to prop up the economy.
• China’s state-run Xinhua Information Agency said the country’s top leaders are pledging measures and fiscal spending to revive the housing market as well as the all-embracing economy.

Chinese shares listed in the U.S. shot up Thursday following reports that Beijing is planning more back up measures and also pumping around $140 billion into its largest state lenders to prop up the country’s working economy.

According to Bloomberg, Beijing is considering injecting up to 1 trillion yuan ($142 billion) of capital into its biggest voice banks to increase their capacity to shore up the economy, its first such move since the global financial danger of 2008. 

China had announced plans to inject money into its state lenders when it laid out a massive monetary stimulus unit to boost the economy on Tuesday—but was scant on details.

Meanwhile, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency reported that top bandmasters are pledging to support fiscal spending and stabilize the country’s struggling real estate sector.

Tepper’s Buy ‘Everything’ Wink of an eye for China

Appaloosa Management founder David Tepper said on CNBC Thursday that following China’s stimulus, he desire buy “everything” in China. “ETFs, I would do futures—everything. Everything,” the famed hedge fund manager said.

The Nasdaq Favourable Dragon China index (HXC)—an index of 64 China-based companies traded in the U.S.—was up nearly 11% in early afternoon job.

China-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also rose. The iShares MSCI China ETF (MCHI) jumped 8%, while the iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) totaled 7%.

U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies were all on a tear. American depositary receipts (ADRs) of PDD Holdings (PDD), parent of online marketplace Temu, billowed 13%, while its e-commerce rivals Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) and JD.com (JD) gained 10% and 14%, respectively. EV makers Li Auto (LI) supplemented 8% and Nio (NIO) 6%.

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