Market Updates
China Indexes Closed Down On Friday After a Chaotic Week
Li Chen
03 Apr, 2026
Hong Kong
Stocks in mainland China extended weekly losses amid ongoing worries about the prolonged war in the Middle East.
The CSI 300 Index decreased by 0.7% and crude oil prices advanced as investors worried about global supply stability.
Global market sentiment remained fragile as Iran and Oman discussed plans to monitor transit through the Strait of Hormuz, and the U.S. reiterated its plans to continue bombing Iran.
China and Pakistan floated a plan, along with Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and Egypt, to ramp up arms production in the Middle East, replacing the U.S. armament.
The U.S. military maintains at least 15 military bases in several Gulf nations; however, many of those bases have been severely damaged and are lacking a stable supply of interceptors or operational air defense systems.
China Indexes and Stocks
In Shanghai, the CSI 300 Index decreased 0.7% to 4,450.32, and financial markets were closed in Hong Kong to celebrate Good Friday and the Qingming Festival.
A private survey showed that China's business activity growth slowed in March from February amid challenging external markets and domestic environments.
The RatingDog Purchasing Managers' Index slowed to 51.5 in March from 55.4 in February, driven by a slowdown in the manufacturing index to 50.8 from 52.1 and the service index to 52.1 from 56.7 in the previous month, respectively.
In Shanghai trading, banks, EV makers, and resource stocks led the decliners.
Bank of China, BYD, Contemporary Amperex Technology, ICBC, China Vanke, and PetroChina dropped between 2% and 4%.
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