China halves stamp duty on stock trading to boost market

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The lower duty on stock trades will come into effect tomorrow.

China was earlier reported as planning to cut stamp duty after a key share index fell to nine-month lows.

BEIJING: China halved the stamp duty on stock trading effective Monday in the latest attempt to boost the struggling market as a recovery sputters in the world’s second-biggest economy. The finance ministry said in a brief statement today it was reducing the 0.1% duty on stock trades “in order to invigorate the capital market and boost investor confidence”.

Reuters reported on Friday that the authorities were planning to cut the duty by up to half after a key share index fell to nine-month lows. “Such a policy will likely give a short-term boost to the market but won’t have much effect over the long run,” Xie Chen, a fund manager at Shanghai Jianwen Investment Management Co, said before the announcement.Subscribe to our newsletter and get news delivered to your mailbox.

 

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