摘要：China's A-share market opened on a positive note, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index once reclaiming the 3,400-point mark

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Stock markets across Asia climbed Monday, helped by the renewed China-US trade talks in London.

China's A-share market opened on a positive note, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index once reclaiming the 3,400-point mark in the morning session. Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index also surpassed the 24,000 points in early tradings, hitting a new high in over two months.

The Shanghai Composite closed 0.4 percent higher today, while the Shenzhen Component gained 0.65 percent. The ChiNext Index surged by 1.1 percent. The Hang Seng Index ended up 1.6 percent and the Tech Index rallied 2.8 percent.

The trading volume of the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets exceeded 1.29 trillion yuan, an increase of more than 134 billion yuan compared to the previous trading day.

Sectors such as pharmaceuticals, rare-earth magnets, securities, defense, and solid-state batteries led the market gains, with nearly 4,100 listed companies rising across the Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Beijing stock exchanges.

As for the other Asian markets, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 advanced 1.1 percent, while the broader Topix index rose 0.6 percent. In South Korea, the Kospi index climbed 1.9 percent.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Saturday that Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng would visit the UK from yesterday to June 13 at the invitation of the local government, Xinhua reported yesterday. A diplomatic schedule published by the foreign ministry showed that the Chinese side will hold the first meeting of the economic and trade consultation mechanism with the US side in London.

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