} ?>
(Yicai Global) Aug. 8 -- China's mainland stock markets retained their morning gains in afternoon trading to close on a high note for the first time this week.
The Shanghai Composite Index finished up 0.93 percent at 2,794.55. The Shenzhen Component Index was at 8,919.28, up 1.2 percent, and the ChiNext Price Index, which tracks growth enterprises in Shenzhen, closed 1.5 percent higher at 1,522.97.
Editor: Jame Boynton