Asia Has China Market to Thank for Trading Surge
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To get a true sense of just how much of a game-changer China’s A-share inclusion in Asia’s benchmark indexes really is, just take a look at volume.
Trading on the MSCI Asia Pacific Index ballooned to 44 billion shares on Feb. 25, surpassing the previous record of 32.6 billion reached in May 2009, according to data compiled by Bloomberg going back more than two decades. Since then, volume on the benchmark gauge has topped that previous high an additional six times in the past two weeks.