HONG KONG—The opening of a trading link between the Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock markets met with a muted response from investors. At the end of the trading day Monday, investors based outside China had piled around 2.71 billion yuan ($393.5 million) into the Shenzhen market—home to some of the country’s fastest-growing companies in sectors like technology, pharmaceuticals and consumer goods—while Chinese investors had put 850...
The first day of trading for Stock Connect , the new northbound link between Hong Kong and Guangzhou , was " muted " , with CNY 2.71bn ( $ 393.5 m ) invested in the Shenzhen market and CNY ##0 m into its Hong Kong counterpart . The figures ranged up to 21 % and 25 % , respectively , of Stock ##zhen 's daily earnings . Asian trading was impacted by the Italian recession , which led to the resignation of the country 's prime minister , and Donald Trump 's Twitter criticism of China .