(Yicai Global) April 16 -- The three primary indexes tracking stock markets on the Chinese mainland closed up around 2 percent each today.

The Shanghai Composite Index ended almost 2.4 percent higher at 3,253.6, while the Shenzhen Component Index finished up 2.33 percent at 10,287.64. The ChiNext Price Index, which tracks growth enterprises in Shenzhen, closed 1.84 percent higher at 1,697.53.

All sectors gained bar agriculture, which lost 1.22 percent. Insurance, communications, banking and electronic equipment were the largest gainers, all up at least 3 percent.

Editor: James Boynton