ETF Market Review | A-shares Collectively Decline, Agricultural Products Sector Leads Gains, Soybean Meal ETF Rises 3.99%

MaticHoleFiller · 2026-03-17T11:44:51+00:00

On March 13th, the three major A-share indices collectively declined, with the Shanghai Composite Index dropping 0.81%. Wind power equipment and fertilizer sectors performed well, with related ETFs showing significant gains, while defense and computing power sectors experienced substantial pullbacks, with related ETFs posting notable declines. Overall market trading volume contracted, with over 3,800 individual stocks declining.

MaticHoleFiller

2026-03-17 11:44:51

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Gelonghui, March 13 — The three major A-share indices all declined today. By the close, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.81%, the Shenzhen Component Index dropped 0.65%, the ChiNext Index decreased 0.22%, and the Beijing 50 Index declined 1.03%. The combined trading volume of the Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Beijing markets was 24.173 billion yuan, down 4.33 billion yuan from the previous day. Over 3,800 stocks across the three markets declined.

In terms of sectors and themes, wind power equipment, fertilizers, liquor, coal chemical industry, batteries, banking, and vitamins led the gains; small metals, power grid equipment, computing power leasing, diversified finance, electricity, cultivated diamonds, liquid-cooled servers, and military equipment sectors saw the largest declines.

Today, value and growth style sectors, agricultural products, and consumer sectors performed notably well, with related ETFs leading in gains:

Value and Growth Style Sectors: Shenzhen Value ETF China Merchants (159913) surged 4.23%, Shenzhen Growth ETF Dacheng (159906) increased 1.05%, and ChiNext Growth ETF (159967) rose 0.94%. Agricultural Products Sector: Soybean Meal ETF (159985) up 3.99%, Energy and Chemical ETF China Construction Bank (159981) up 0.86%, linked to fertilizer and coal chemical sectors. Consumer and Infrastructure Sectors: Liquor ETF (512690) up 1.19%, Food & Beverage ETF Huaxia (516900) up 0.72%; Infrastructure ETF GF Securities (516970) up 1.14%, Infrastructure ETF Yinhua (516950) up 0.79%. Oil and Gas Sector: S&P Oil & Gas ETF (513350) increased 0.95%.

Today, military, computing power, and small metals sectors experienced deep corrections, with significant declines in related ETFs: Military and Aerospace Sectors: Industrial Mother Machine ETF (159667) down 3.73%, Aerospace ETF (563380) down 3.70%, National Defense ETF (512670) down 3.35%, Military Leading ETF (512710) down 3.32%. Computing Power and Digital Economy Sectors: Big Data ETF (515400) down 3.72%, ChiNext Software ETF Huaxia (159256) down 3.69%, Cloud Computing ETF E Fund (516510) down 3.15%, Computer ETF Southern (159586) down 3.13%. Small Metals and Overseas Markets Sectors: Industrial Nonferrous Metals ETF Wanjia (560860) down 3.66%, Brazil ETF (159100) down 3.22%.

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