Sino-Singapore Jingwei Client, August 18th. On Wednesday (18th), the three major A-share indexes collectively closed in red, and the Shanghai stock index rose more than 1%.

The big financial sector broke out, brokerage stocks lifted their daily limits, and banks and insurance stocks performed strongly; hydrogen fuel cells continued to rise, military industry stocks were active, and organic silicon once led the rise; food and beverage, coal, etc. weakened.

The turnover of the two cities was nearly 1.2 trillion, and nearly 3,000 stocks were buzzing.

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  As of the close, the Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.11% to 3485.29 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index rose 0.72% to 14,454.11 points.

The GEM index rose 0.75% to 3,248.37 points.

  The ratio of all trading stocks in Shanghai and Shenzhen stocks was 2968:1354, with 97 daily limit and 10 daily limit.

  Northbound funds bought 3.433 billion yuan throughout the day, which was a net purchase for three consecutive days. Among them, the Shanghai Stock Connect net purchases were 2.535 billion yuan, and the Shenzhen Stock Connect net purchases were 897 million yuan.

  In terms of individual stocks, today's daily limit shares are as follows: Dayang Electric (10.02%), Quanchai Power (9.99%), Valin Cable (10.01%), Yuegui (9.93%), Dongfang Electric (10.03%).

  The limit-down stocks are as follows: Microlight (-9.99%), Jianlang Hardware (-10.00%), Qianhe Weiye (-10.00%), Xingxing Technology (-20.04%), Jinyun Laser (-20.02%).

  The top five stocks with turnover rate are: Golden Eagle Heavy Industry, Taifu Pump Industry, Gekewei, Valin Cable, and Zhiyuan New Energy, which are 88.951%, 74.718%, 70.366%, 62.471%, and 58.861%, respectively.

  On the disk, the securities, banking, insurance, national defense and military industry, and pharmaceutical and commercial sectors ranked the top gainers, while the agricultural services, food processing, semiconductors and components, and tourism sectors ranked the top decliners.

  Brokerage stocks rose rapidly in the early afternoon and continued their gains in the afternoon. All sector stocks went red. Nearly 10 stocks such as Southwest Securities, Industrial Securities, Guangfa Securities, and China Securities Investment Co., Ltd. had their daily limit. CICC, Huatai Securities, First Venture, Oriental Fortune, etc. Followed up sharply.

In addition, the banking and insurance sectors performed well, ranking among the top gainers, with individual stocks rising across the board.

  Huaxin Securities believes that from the perspective of listed companies that have disclosed the first half of the year, the performance of the brokerage sector continues to improve.

Since the start of August, the daily turnover of the two cities has exceeded one trillion, and the balance of margin financing and securities lending has reached a new high, which is good for securities firms.

In addition, after in-depth adjustments to the brokerage sector, the valuation has a clear comparative advantage.

(Zhongxin Jingwei APP)

(The opinions in the article are for reference only and do not constitute investment advice. Investment is risky, and you need to be cautious when entering the market.)