Chinese shares gain for first time in four days

2010-02-09 08:11:48 GMT2010-02-09 16:11:48 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English

Chinese equities rose Tuesday for the first time in the past four trading days, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index edging up 0.47 percent, or 13.67 points, to 2,948.84 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index gained 0.19 percent, or 23.1 points, to 11,970.44 points.

Combined turnover shrank to 115.53 billion yuan (16.91 billion U.S. dollars), from 126.3 billion yuan on Monday and 193.4 billion yuan billion yuan on Friday.

Gainers outnumbered losers by 516 to 349 in Shanghai and 437 to 408 in Shenzhen.

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