SHANGHAI - Stocks on the Chinese mainland rose on Sept 14, snapping three days of lossesby the benchmark index that drove valuations to a record low, as investors speculated declineswere excessive.
"Stock valuations are already very low," said Wei Wei, an analyst at West China Securities Coin Shanghai. "Though concerns about slowing earnings and economic growth are still there,most of the pessimism should already be priced in now."
The Shanghai Composite Index added 13.52 points, or 0.6 percent, to 2484.83, erasing earlierlosses of 0.6 percent and halting a three-day, 1.8 percent decline. The CSI 300 Index gained0.5 percent to 2733.11.
The Shanghai gauge has slumped 12 percent this year, extending last year's 14 percentplunge, as the government took steps to cool inflation that has been at an almost three-yearhigh. The stock gauge is valued at 11.5 times estimated profit, the lowest on record, accordingto weekly data compiled by Bloomberg dating back to January 2006.
Inflation will moderate in the coming months and the country won't see high inflation next yearas it did in the first half of the year, central bank adviser Li Daokui said at a forum on Sept 14.
Premier Wen Jiabao, facing calls to widen support for indebted European countries, hinted thatdeveloped economies should cut deficits and create jobs rather than rely on China to bail outthe world economy.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will hold a conference call with German ChancellorAngela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy amid increasing speculation that Greecewill default.
China Unicom Ltd, which controls the nation's second-largest mobile phone operator, rose 3.2percent to 5.10 yuan (80 US cents), its highest close since Aug 2.
China Coal Energy Co, the nation's second-largest coal producer, rose 1.9 percent to 9.64yuan after output of the fuel rose 17 percent last month.
Other coal producers advanced. China Shenhua Energy Co, the nation's largest, added 0.6percent to 25.64 yuan. Datong Coal Industry Co Ltd, the third-largest, gained 1 percent to16.02 yuan.
Anhui Conch Cement Co, China's biggest cement producer, slid 2.8 percent to 17.77 yuan.Gansu Qilianshan Cement Group Co lost 1 percent to 12.69 yuan. Huaxin Cement Co, theChinese affiliate of Holcim Ltd, retreated 2.9 percent to 18.23 yuan.
Home transaction volumes in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen have continued to fall thismonth, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Sept 14. Property stocks dropped on thenews.
Property sales in 19 out of the 35 Chinese cities surveyed fell last week, according to SoufunHoldings Ltd, the country's biggest real estate website owner.
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