The US and Iran have announced a two-week ceasefire. The RMB central parity against the USD was set at 6.8680, adjusted stronger by 174 bps MoM. The People's Bank of China conducted RMB500 million of seven-day reverse repos in the open market today (8th), with the operation rate unchanged at 1.4%. RMB500 million of reverse repos matured today. In addition, RMB1.1 trillion of 90-day outright reverse repos matured on the same day.The three major A-share indices opened higher. The Shanghai Composite opened at 3,930, up 40 points or 1%. The Shenzhen Component Index opened at 13,717, up 316 points or 2.4%. The ChiNext Index opened at 3,257, up 97 points or 3.1%.Related NewsInflation Rate MoM for Mar in China is -0.7%, lower than the previous value of 1.0%. The forecast was -0.2%.Among mainland bank stocks, ICBC (601398.SH) -0.020 (-0.273%) opened down 0.4%, while CCB (601939.SH) -0.030 (-0.324%) opened up 0.4%. CATL (300750.SZ) +26.010 (+6.669%) opened up 3.1%. BYD (002594.SZ) +2.640 (+2.666%) opened up 0.5%.International oil prices retreated sharply. PetroChina (601857.SH) -0.110 (-0.909%) and CNOOC (600938.SH) -0.210 (-0.548%) opened down 6.5% and 8.2%, respectively. Among oil and gas stocks, Zhongman Petroleum (603619.SH) +0.160 (+0.449%) and Shandong Molong (002490.SZ) -0.230 (-2.434%) both opened limit down.International gold prices rebounded, lifting gold-related stocks. Shandong Gold (600547.SH) -1.070 (-2.593%) , Zhongjin Gold (600489.SH) -0.360 (-1.296%) , Zhaojin Gold (000506.SZ) -1.760 (-8.939%) , Zijin Mining (601899.SH) -0.150 (-0.442%) and Chifeng Gold (600988.SH) -0.770 (-1.679%) opened 4.9% to 5.7% higher. CMOC (603993.SH) -0.160 (-0.837%) , which is involved in gold mining operations, opened up 5.1%.Related NewsInflation Rate YoY for Mar in China is 1.0%, lower than the previous value of 1.3%. The forecast was 1.2%.Chip stocks advanced. SMIC (688981.SH) +1.290 (+1.294%) A-shares opened up 3.6%. Hua Hong (688347.SH) +1.990 (+1.664%) A-shares opened up 4.9%. AI chip maker Cambricon (688256.SH) +12.700 (+1.060%) also opened up 3.6%. Domestic GPU makers Moore Threads (688802.SH) +2.270 (+0.372%) and MetaX (688795.SH) -4.020 (-0.681%) opened up 3% and 2.6%, respectively. Memory chip stock Montage Technology (688008.SH) +4.360 (+3.133%) opened up 4.5%. (ta/da)(A Shares quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.)
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