A shareholder at a securities hall in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in east China, on Sept. 24, 2024.
China stocks rallied Monday to their best day in 16 years, with related U.S. ETFs also soaring after recent economic stimulus buoyed investor optimism in the market.
The Shanghai Composite Index surged 8.06% in its best day since September 2008, and capping a nine-day win streak for the index. It ended September up 17.39%, its first monthly gain in five and its best monthly performance going back to April 2015.
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The Shenzhen Composite Index closed up 10.9%, its best day since April 1996. It gained 24.8% in September, its best month going back to April 2007.
The China ADR index was last higher by 1.4%. It climbed nearly 6% earlier in the day.
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The U.S.-listed shares of human resources company Kanzhun gained 2% along with online video company Bilibili. Online brokerage company Futu Holdings rose 14%.
The KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) gained 1%. The U.S.-listed shares of Alibaba and JD.com was slightly higher.
Chinese stocks have been on a tear after Beijing last week unveiled a slew of economic stimulus measures including interest rate cuts to support the weak property market. On Thursday, state media said Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top leaders affirmed the measures.
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"While we don't know for sure if there's going to be enough to really kick the economy back into gear, it's certainly the right first step," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley Wealth. "I think the impact of a strengthening China can't be underestimated."
"On balance, this is going to be an ambiguous positive for markets going forward," he added. "And I think that there's a lot of investors are going to have to quickly recalibrate their expectations."
More U.S. investors are bullish on the market following the move. Last week, billionaire hedge fund founder David Tepper said he is overwhelmingly bullish on Chinese equities, having bought "everything" related to China following the Federal Reserve's recent rate cut.
— CNBC's Gina Francolla, Nick Wells, Lim Hui Jie and Evelyn Cheng contributed to this report.
