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Forty‑Times Leverage Unravels: Shenzhen Gold Dealer’s Online Pre‑sale Platform Freezes Payouts, Investors Face Massive Losses
A Shenzhen jewellery firm that expanded into online, high‑leverage “pre‑sale” gold and silver products has frozen withdrawals and capped daily payouts after a run on its mini‑program platforms. Investors nationwide report unresolved balances in the hundreds of millions to billions of yuan; regulators in Shenzhen have opened an inquiry and the company has proposed steeply discounted settlements. The episode exposes risks from lightly supervised retail leverage, social‑media distribution and opaque hedging practices in China’s precious‑metals market.
Young Chinese Investors Flock to Gold and Silver as Prices Surge—and Lessons in FOMO Follow
A surge in precious-metal prices has attracted a wave of young Chinese investors buying physical gold and silver, ETFs and derivatives. Their enthusiasm is driven by portfolio diversification, central-bank buying and social-media-fuelled FOMO, but the rush underscores behavioural risks and the need for investor education amid broader macro shifts.
A-shares’ Narrow Rally: Precious-metals and Chip-Equipment Stocks Shine as Market Breadth Worsens
China’s mid-session rebound left headline indices flat to slightly positive while market breadth deteriorated: over 4,400 stocks fell as trading volume declined. Precious metals and semiconductor-equipment pockets drove gains, but widespread selling — particularly in the battery chain — underlines a narrow, rotation-driven market.
A‑Shares Split: Gold, Silver and Oil Stocks Rally as Small‑Caps Slide
China’s bourses saw a stark sector divergence: precious‑metals and oil stocks rallied to new highs while small‑cap and technology‑related segments slipped. Market turnover rose, reflecting active but selective flows as investors chased commodity exposure amid lingering doubts about capital‑intensive tech sectors.
A‑Shares Tick Up as Gold, Pharma Retail and Solar Stocks Take the Lead
Chinese A‑shares opened higher on January 23 with modest gains across the main indexes as precious metals, pharmaceutical retail and photovoltaic sectors led the advance. The moves reflect a combination of commodity-driven flows, policy incentives for pharma consolidation and renewed optimism about renewables, though gains are concentrated and policy‑sensitive.
Gold and Silver’s Unruly Rally: Central Banks, Industry Demand and a Fraying Global Trust
A mix of central‑bank accumulation, rising industrial use in tech and energy, and persistent geopolitical risk is underpinning a prolonged rally in gold and silver. That combination makes short‑term bearish calls fragile, though price volatility and policy shifts still pose meaningful risks.
China’s Small‑Cap Board Leads a Selective Rally as Gold and Chip Plays Catch Fire
China’s stock market showed a selective mid‑day rally led by small‑cap growth stocks, with precious metals and chip‑supply plays outperforming while consumer and coal sectors lagged. The move was marked by retail‑driven limit‑ups and lower overall turnover, suggesting a concentrated and potentially fragile advance.
Policy-led sectors and a precious‑metals surge lift Chinese markets even as small‑caps slide
Chinese stocks closed mixed as Shanghai gauges eked out gains while the ChiNext small‑cap index slipped after intraday strength. Power‑grid equipment and precious‑metals miners led the advance, but falling turnover and sectoral divergence point to a cautious, rotation‑driven market.