China stocks end higher, tourism shares tumble as coronavirus spreads


Reuters | Beijing | Updated: 20-01-2020 13:14 IST | Created: 20-01-2020 13:09 IST
China stocks end higher, tourism shares tumble as coronavirus spreads
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China stocks closed higher on Monday following signs that the economy may be stabilizing, and as hopes rose for more stimulus measures to aid growth. ** The blue-chip CSI300 index ended 0.8% higher at 4,185.83, while the Shanghai Composite Index closed up 0.7% at 3,095.79.

** China is confident of maintaining steady industrial growth this year despite big pressures facing the sector, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei said. ** His remarks came after China's industrial output topped expectations in December by growing 6.9% from a year earlier, the strongest pace in nine months. ** Investors also expect more government stimulus ahead after China's economic growth cooled to a near 30-year low of 6.1% in 2019 amid a bruising trade war with the United States. ** Among shares, hotel operators and tourist firms slumped following news that an outbreak of a new coronavirus in China was spreading to other cities, raising concerns around its containment and clouding travel plans of millions of Chinese for Lunar New Year holidays. ** BTG Hotels Group Co and Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Development Co tumbled over 6%, while tourism company Songcheng Performance Development Co slumped 9%. ** Shares of drugmakers and facial mask producers such as Jiangsu Sihuan Bioengineering Co and Shandong Lukang Pharmaceutical Co jumped.

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