Sunday, April 29, 2007

China stock index up 1.2 pct despite reserve hike

(Reuters) - The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index .

The central bank's announcement on Sunday that it would raise reserve ratios by 0.5 percentage point was taken as mildly positive, implying it saw no need to hike benchmark interest rates -- a harsher monetary tightening step -- in the short term. Many investors had feared a rate hike over the holiday.


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