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Chinese shares close higher Monday
POSTED: 8:44 a.m. EDT, May 22,2007

Chinese shares rose on Monday to a new high after central bank's latest move to curb liquidity and squeeze bubble in the capital market.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.04 percent, or about 42 points, to close at 4,072.23 points. The turnover reached211.354 billion yuan (22.4 billion U.S. dollars).

The Component Index of the smaller Shenzhen Stock Exchange climbed 169.10 points, or 1.4 percent, to conclude trading at 12,269.20 points on a turnover of 106.146 billion yuan.

The shares were led by coal and aviation companies.

The Shanxi-based Datong Coal Industry Company soared to the daily limit 10 percent at 23.1 yuan and the Beijing-based Aerospace Hi-tech Holding Group went up 9.97 percent to 15.88 yuan.

Shares in telecommunication, building materials and recycling also performed well.

However, banking shares dropped on Monday following the announcement of hiked in interest rate and reserve requirement ratios.

The Industrial and Commercial Bank fell 0.73 percent to reach at 5.45 yuan. The Bank of China slump 1.03 percent to close at 5.75 yuan.

The People's Bank of China, the central bank announced to raise the benchmark interest rates and the bank reserve ratio simultaneously on Friday.

"The decision is reasonable and within people's expectations," said Yin Jianfeng, a financial expert with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

"By doing so, the central bank attempts to impose curbs on excessive investment and the speculative bubble on the stock market, but it is too early to say whether the move will be effective," Yin said.

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