China’s Newest Move to Support Stocks Seen Limited in Impact

  • Central Huijin Investment lifts stakes in Big Four bank stocks
  • State fund increased its holdings for first time since 2015
WATCH: China’s sovereign wealth fund has snapped up shares of the nation’s big-4 lenders for the first time since 2015. Jeanny Yu reports.Source: Bloomberg
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China stepped up its intervention in the stock market, with the sovereign wealth fund increasing its stake in the country’s biggest banks for the first time since 2015, a move seen as having a limited impact.

Central Huijin Investment Ltd. boughtBloomberg Terminal about $65 million of shares in four banks including Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. and Bank of China Ltd. and committed to increase holdings over the next six months.