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Symbolic image: Beijing steps up stock-market support as chipmaker YMTC shelves IPOSymbolic image

Beijing steps up stock-market support as chipmaker YMTC shelves IPO

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China's central bank is set to step up its re-lending policy to support share buybacks, while the Financial Times reports that ETFs commonly used by Beijing to support the market saw their second-highest net inflows on record. Chipmaker YMTC has put its IPO on hold as weaker markets weigh, Reuters reports, citing sources.

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