The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, closed 3.82 percent higher at 2,029.96 points on Tuesday.
The STAR 50 Index, which tracks the 50 largest stocks listed on the board that also meet certain liquidity requirements, closed 4.17 percent higher at 1,663.11 points.
The sci-tech innovation board, commonly known as the STAR Market, was inaugurated in June 2019 at Shanghai Stock Exchange. It is designed to support companies in the high-tech and strategic emerging sectors.
China's STAR Composite Index closes higher Tuesday
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), agreed on Tuesday that the two countries should carry forward their great traditional friendship from generation to generation. Xi paid homage to the China-DPRK Friendship Tower with his wife Peng Liyuan, in the company of Kim and his wife Ri Sol Ju.
They observed a moment of silence in memory of the martyrs of the Chinese People's Volunteers in front of the tower.
Xi and Kim agreed that the years when China and the DPRK fought side by side in the 1950s are an eternal historical memory shared by both sides.
The two leaders pledged to jointly maintain memorial facilities dedicated to the Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs, carry out distinctive programs on revolutionary traditions and youth education, and carry forward the great spirit of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.
Xi, Kim pledge to carry forward great traditional China-DPRK friendship through generations
