China's A-Share Trading Volume Surges

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By Zhao Runhua / Mar 08, 2019 10:29 AM / Finance

The total trading volume of Chinese mainland stocks on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange surpassed 500 billion yuan ($74 billion) around one hour after the markets opened.

A mere 11 minutes after the two markets opened, their total trading volume hit 200 billion yuan.

The markets both opened down more than 2%. By the publication of this post, the market drops had narrowed.

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