ETF Midday Review | A-shares Fall Below 3900 Points, Oil & Gas and Energy Chemical Sectors Lead, S&P Oil & Gas ETF Invesco Up 8%

NightAirdropper · 2026-03-23T13:03:06+00:00

On March 23rd, the three major A-share indices declined collectively in the morning session, with the Shanghai Composite Index dropping 2.5% and nearly 5,000 individual stocks declining. Oil and gas, energy chemical, and coal sectors rose against the trend with outstanding ETF performance; while gold, agriculture, and telecommunications sectors experienced pullbacks with notable ETF declines.

NightAirdropper

2026-03-23 13:03:06

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Gelonghui, March 23 — The three major A-share indices all declined collectively in the morning session. By midday, the Shanghai Composite Index dropped 2.5%, the Shenzhen Component Index fell 2.53%, the ChiNext Index declined 2.44%, and the Beijing Stock Exchange 50 Index decreased 2.95%. The combined half-day trading volume of the Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Beijing markets was 1,469.1 billion yuan, an increase of 152 billion yuan compared to the previous day. Nearly 5,000 stocks in the market declined. Gold, basic metals, agriculture, aviation, semiconductors, and pharmaceutical sectors led the declines; hardware for computing power, AI applications, cloud computing, duty-free shops, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics concepts also fell sharply. Nearly 5,000 stocks in the market declined.

Today, oil & gas, energy chemicals, and coal sectors led the rally against the trend, with significant gains in related ETFs:
Oil & gas sector:

S&P Oil & Gas ETF (Fund: 513350) surged 8.20%
CSI Oil & Gas ETF (Fund: 159518) increased 7.63%
Yinhua Oil & Gas ETF (Fund: 563150) rose 0.47%

Energy chemicals sector:

CCB Energy & Chemical ETF (Fund: 159981) up 6.50%
GF Energy ETF (Fund: 159945) up 0.68%

Coal and agricultural products sectors:

Guotai Coal ETF (Fund: 515220) up 1.71%
Huaxia Miso ETF (Fund: 159985) up 1.45%

Battery sector:

ICBC Lithium Battery ETF (Fund: 159840) up 0.81%
Wanjia Battery ETF (Fund: 159156) up 0.49%
GF Battery ETF (Fund: 159755) up 0.46%

Today, gold, agriculture, and communication sectors experienced deep declines, with related ETFs leading the fall:
Gold sector:

Hu’an Gold ETF (Fund: 518880) down 6.58%
GF Gold ETF (Fund: 518600) down 6.53%
Yongying Gold Stock ETF (Fund: 517520) down 6.05%

Agriculture and breeding sectors:

Guotai Breeding ETF (Fund: 159865) down 5.07%
Yongying Breeding ETF (Fund: 159165) down 4.98%
China Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Fishery ETF (Fund: 159275) down 4.90%
E Fund Agriculture ETF (Fund: 562900) down 4.83%

Other sectors:

SSE Mid-Cap ETF (Fund: 510130) down 5.27%
GF Non-bank Financial ETF (Fund: 513750) down 5.00%
Huaxia Communication ETF (Fund: 515050) down 4.30%

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