The three major A-share indices retreated during the session, with financial stocks rising while computing hardware and semiconductors corrected. The Hang Seng Index turned negative, and most tech stocks declined.
On September 3, A-shares opened higher but closed lower. The three major stock indexes fluctuated and declined in the morning session. The financial sector was active, with insurance and securities firms rising. Shipping, ports and coal sectors also performed well. Non-ferrous metals and liquid metals rebounded, while agriculture and semiconductors fell into a correction.
Hong Kong stocks also opened higher but closed lower, with the Hang Seng Index falling and the Hang Seng Tech Index turning negative after initially rising more than 1%. Most tech stocks declined, while Tencent and Alibaba Health saw slight gains. The biotechnology sector rebounded, with the Hang Seng Biotechnology Index rising more than 1%. In the bond market, treasury bond futures showed mixed performance, while in commodities, most domestic commodity futures rose. Core market trends:
A-shares : As of press time, the Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.47%, the Shenzhen Component Index rose 0.24%, and the ChiNext Index rose 0.28%.
Hong Kong stocks : As of press time, the Hang Seng Index rose 0.63% and the Hang Seng Tech Index rose 0.14%.
Bond Market : Treasury bond futures fell across the board. As of press time, the 30-year main contract rose 0.03%, the 10-year main contract was flat, the 5-year main contract fell 0.01%, and the 2-year main contract...
Commodities : Most domestic commodity futures rose. As of press time, palladium rose more than 4%, platinum, silver, crude oil, and nickel rose more than 2%, gold, aluminum, and rubber rose 1%, and lithium carbonate, stainless steel, copper, eggs, soybean meal, glass, industrial silicon, tin, pulp, polysilicon, iron ore, and rapeseed all rose. Alumina, asphalt, manganese silicon, hot-rolled coil, rebar, and caustic soda fell, while coking coal, fuel oil, and coke fell more than 1%. The container shipping index fell sharply by 7%.
10:20
Popular stocks that had been trending upward continued to decline during the session, with Chuanzhi Education, Shenzhen Zhonghua A, Aili Home Furnishings, Yiming Food, and Xinsai Shares hitting the daily limit down. Hasen Shares, Fujian Jinsen, Kaikai Industry, Yuhang Pharmaceutical, and Jierong Technology were among the biggest losers.
The coal sector performed strongly, with Zhengzhou Coal & Electricity hitting the daily limit, Shaanxi Black Cat Coal & Electricity also touching the daily limit, and Huayang Coal, Shanghai Energy, Shanxi Coking Coal, and China Coal Energy following suit.

10:14
The liquid-cooled server concept has repeatedly strengthened, with Jinfu Technology hitting the daily limit for 4 out of 10 days. Previously, Jitai Shares had 4 consecutive daily limits, and Jindi Shares had 3 daily limits in 4 days. Siquan New Materials and Hongfuhan rose by more than 10%, while Snowman Shares, Chuanrun Shares, Shenling Environment, and Feilong Shares were among the top gainers.

09:57
Securities stocks surged, with Guosheng Securities hitting the daily limit, followed by gains in Changjiang Securities, GF Securities, BOC Securities, and ShouChuang Securities.

In early trading, stocks related to lab-grown diamonds saw a surge, with Hengsheng Energy hitting the daily limit, followed by Sifangda, Huifeng Diamonds, Power Diamonds, World, and Yellow River Whirlwind.

09:51
The intelligent driving concept stocks performed strongly, with Dazhong Transportation hitting the daily limit, and Jinjiang Online, Zhejiang Shibao, Wanji Technology, and Haoun Auto Electric following suit.

In terms of news, on September 3rd, Tesla officially launched its self-driving taxi service, Cybercab. Furthermore, the domestic self-driving taxi industry is currently transitioning from regional demonstrations to small-scale commercialization. At present, more than ten cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Wuhan, have opened Level 4 autonomous passenger-carrying fare pilot programs.
09:48
PCB concept stocks saw some activity, with Jinlu Electronics and Xunjiexing both rising by more than 10%, while Qiangda Circuits, Hudian Technology, and Fangbang Technology followed suit.

In terms of news, Panasonic announced an increase in the price of copper clad laminates due to rising costs of copper foil and glass fiber. The new prices will be implemented for shipped products starting September 1, 2026, with some products seeing increases of up to 30%. Previously, at the end of August, Kingboard Laminates, a global leader in copper clad laminates, issued its seventh price increase letter of the year to customers, uniformly raising the price of all thicknesses of FR-4 copper clad laminates by 10%.
09:46
The A-share banking sector steadily climbed, with China Construction Bank, Bank of China, Jiangsu Bank, Nanjing Bank, Hangzhou Bank, and Qingdao Bank all hitting new highs. Driven by the banking sector, insurance stocks saw a significant rise, with China Life and PICC leading the gains.

09:37
Media stocks rebounded, with Huanrui Century and Longban Media achieving four consecutive daily limit-ups, and Mango Excellent Media surging higher.

09:26
The Shanghai Composite Index opened 0.29% higher, while the ChiNext Index rose 0.90%. Gold, semiconductors, servers, and optical communications sectors performed strongly, while agriculture, coal, and oil and gas sectors saw corrections.

09:21
The Hang Seng Index opened 0.68% higher, while the Hang Seng Tech Index rose 0.71%. Lenovo Group, NetEase, CATL, Zijin Mining, and Tencent Holdings all performed strongly.

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