Leo Zhang/Shanghai Daily news
Chinese markets yesterday rose led by blue chips such as China Petroleum
& Chemical Corp after regulators said more state enterprises may start
revamping management teams.
Companies involved in state-share structure
overhauls as well as with rosy growth potential were snapped up by
investors.
The Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks yuan-denominated A
shares and foreign-currency B shares, was up 0.87 percent to 1,141.20.
The
Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks China's smaller stock bourse, advanced
1.12 percent to 281.17.
"Bringing in outside directors will improve
transparency of corporate management," said Li Zhi, a Hualin Securities Co
analyst. "Firms set to dispose of their state ownership were popular."
China
Petroleum, Asia's largest oil refiner, was 0.52 percent higher at 3.88 yuan (48
US cents). Jiangxi Copper Co, China's biggest producer of the metal, rose 1.29
percent to 5.48 yuan.
More state-owned companies are expected to join in a
nationwide program to optimize their management structures, Li Rongrong,
director of China's top state-asset regulator, said late on Monday.
His
comments came after Shanghai Baosteel Group Corp, the country's biggest
steelmaker, appointed five external directors on its nine-member board.
Its
listed unit Baoshan Iron & Steel Co closed 0.24 percent lower to 4.09 yuan
yesterday amid profit taking.
Tiancheng Co of Taiyuan University of
Technology, a Shanxi-based energy producer, edged up 0.11 percent to 9.50 yuan,
extending a three-session 6 percent gain. The company said holders of tradable
equity will receive 3.5 bonus shares for every 10 held.
Tiancheng's main
businesses cover shifting coal to oil through chemical reactions and producing
other alternative energy products. Analysts expect the firm to record
substantial profit growth.
Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes Co, in which Morgan
Stanley, Merrill Lynch & Co and UBS AG hold a combined 5.26 million tradable
shares, was up 0.42 percent to 7.24 yuan.
The company early this month
increased its offer to 3 shares for every 10 held, up from 2.5
shares.