Expect China's economy to keep on growing

China’s main stockmarket index, the CSI 300, has had a roaring year so far, gaining 25% and outstripping its major rivals. And last week there was more good news for the bulls.

China's main equity market index, the CSI 300, slumped by more than a quarter in 2018. But this year it has come roaring back, gaining 25% and outstripping its major rivals. Ongoing trade talks with the US, which have been "very productive", according to Donald Trump, have been a key driver of the rally. And last week there was more good news for the bulls.

Leading equity-index provider MSCI has announced that it is going to integrate more of China's domestic stocks into its indices. The so called A-shares would then account for more than 16% of the MSCI Emerging Markets index (which already has a third of its assets in China). Tracker funds following this index would automatically buy the new shares once they're included in November. This could see $125bn flowing into the country's equities this year.

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Marina Gerner is an award-winning journalist and columnist who has written for the Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement, the Economist, The Guardian and Standpoint magazine in the UK; the New York Observer in the US; and die Bild and Frankfurter Rundschau in Germany.

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