SSE 180 Financial Index Launched On December 10

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and China Securities Index Co., Ltd. (CSI) announced on November 23 the construction scheme of the SSE 180 Financial Index. After a period's soft operation, the index was officially released on December 10, with the code of 000018 and the short description of "SSE 180 Financial". Investors can learn the index's performance from the market terminals including Qianlong, Great Wisdom, Reuters and Bloomberg or visit the SSE's or CSI's website for details. The SSE 180 Financial Index closed on December 7 at 6760.85 points, up 576.1% from the base day of June 28, 2002. During the same period, the SSE 180 Index increased by 246.59%.