{"id":32183,"date":"2024-01-03T07:59:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T07:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aveholidays.com\/news\/china-stocks-edge-up-gaming-shares-fall-further-on-new-rules\/"},"modified":"2024-01-03T07:59:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T07:59:12","slug":"china-stocks-edge-up-gaming-shares-fall-further-on-new-rules","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/aveholidays.com\/news\/china-stocks-edge-up-gaming-shares-fall-further-on-new-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"China stocks edge up, gaming shares fall further on new rules"},"content":{"rendered":"
SHANGHAI, Dec 25 (Reuters) – China stocks closed slightly higher on Monday in holiday-thinned trade with the Hong Kong market closed for Christmas, although online gaming shares extended the previous session’s losses after China announced new rules to curb spending on video games.<\/p>\n
** The blue-chip CSI 300 Index closed up 0.3% and the Shanghai Composite Index edged up 0.1%.<\/p>\n
** China’s CSI Anime Comic Game Index slumped 3.4%, adding to a 10% tumble the previous session.<\/p>\n
** Weak sentiment towards the gaming sector persisted despite a statement from regulators on Saturday that they would make improvements to their proposed rules after “earnestly studying” public views on them.<\/p>\n
** The proposals, aimed at curbing money and time spent on video games, were a blow to the world’s biggest games market and knocked the value of Tencent Holdings, Netease and other gaming stocks.<\/p>\n
** On Monday, shares in gaming companies Giant Network Group , 37 Interactive Entertainment Network and Kingnet Network plunged between 7% and 10%.<\/p>\n
** Stocks in the media sector tumbled 1.7%, while energy shares rose 1% and consumer staples were up 0.7%.<\/p>\n
** Aviation defence stocks jumped 1.8%. (Reporting by Shanghai Newsroom; Editing by Edmund Klamann)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SHANGHAI, Dec 25 (Reuters) – China stocks closed slightly higher on Monday in holiday-thinned trade with the Hong Kong market closed for Christmas, although online gaming shares extended the previous session’s losses after China announced new rules to curb spending on video games. ** The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n