The Shanghai Composite surged 7.3% this week, increasing y-t-d gains to 10.9%. The CSI 300 rose 7.6%, with 2020 gains of 16.0%. China's growth-oriented ChiNext Index's 12.8% surge boosted year-to-date gains to 54.5%. Copper jumped 7.1% this week. Aluminum rose 4.6%, Nickel 4.0%, Zinc 8.3%, Silver 4.2%, Lead 4.2%, and Palladium 3.5%. China's renminbi advanced 0.9% this week to a four-month high versus the less-than-king dollar.
July 9 - Bloomberg: "Like millions of amateur investors across China, Min Hang has become infatuated with the country's surging stock market. 'There's no way I can lose,' said