Chart of the Day: Stock Investors Borrow More in the Bull Market
Investors are borrowing more money to play the markets as Chinese mainland stocks bounce back in a big way from a horrendous 2018.
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Outstanding margin debt, the value of shares that investors buy with borrowed money, reached 964.9 billion yuan ($143 billion) when the markets closed on Monday, according to data from the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges. That’s up 35.7% since Feb. 1.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed at 3,078.34 on Tuesday, up 24.9% since the beginning of 2019. The index leapt by 5.6% on Feb. 25, when it met the bar for a bull market.
China’s stock markets were among the world’s worst performers of 2018. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost almost 26% last year.
Contact reporter Timmy Shen (hongmingshen@caixin.com)
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