Chinese stocks closed higher on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.12 percent to 3,597.94 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.44 percent higher at 11,217.58 points.
The combined turnover of these two indices stood at about 1.74 trillion yuan (about 2.43 billion U.S. dollars), down from 1.79 trillion yuan the previous trading day.
Stocks related to copper clad laminate and printed circuit board led the gains, while stocks related to coal and antimony suffered major losses.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, increased 0.96 percent to close at 2,362.6 points.
Chinese shares close higher Monday
China's outstanding aggregate social financing -- the total amount of financing to the real economy -- reached 442.12 trillion yuan (about 63.4 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of 2025, up 8.3 percent year on year, central bank data showed on Thursday.
The country's aggregate social financing stood at 35.6 trillion yuan (about 5.1 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, up by 3.34 trillion yuan (about 479 billion U.S. dollars) from the year 2024, said the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank.
According to the data, the M2, a broad measure of money supply that covers cash in circulation and all deposits, increased 8.5 percent year on year to 340.29 trillion yuan (about 48.8 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of December.
In addition, outstanding yuan loans stood at 271.91 trillion yuan (about 39 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of 2025, up 6.4 percent year on year.
China's aggregate social financing maintains high growth in 2025
