# inflation expectations

Rotation to Liquor and Property Sends Mixed Signals as Commodities and Long Bonds Surge

China’s stock market posted a narrow gain on the Shanghai Composite as intense sector rotation lifted liquor, real estate, metals and oil names while technology chips lagged. Heavy turnover and divergent leadership, coupled with a concurrent rise in commodities and long-dated bond strength, point to rising structural volatility and mixed signals about liquidity and inflation expectations.