U.S.-listed Chinese firms trade mostly higher

NEW YORK, March 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly higher on Monday with six of the top 10 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">stocks by weight in the SP U.S. Listed China 50 index.html" target="_blank">index ending the day on an upbeat note.

Shares of TAL Education Group and New Oriental Education Technology Group rose 2.93 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent and 1.91 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent, respectively, leading the gainers in the top 10 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">stocks of the index.html" target="_blank">index.

Shares of ZTO Express and Ctrip.com International fell 1.27 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent and 1.11 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent, respectively, leading the laggards in the top 10 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">stocks of the index.html" target="_blank">index.

U.S. index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">stocks ended mixed on Tuesday as investors digested a slew of newly-released economic data amid the ongoing Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 26.72 points, or 0.10 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent, to 25,887.38. The SP 500 declined 0.37 points, or 0.01 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent, to 2,832.57. The Nasdaq Composite index.html" target="_blank">index was up 9.47 points, or 0.12 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent, to 7,723.95.

The Cboe Volatility index.html" target="_blank">index, widely considered the best fear gauge in the stock market, increased 3.51 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent to 13.56 on Tuesday.

As of Monday, the SP U.S. Listed China 50 index.html" target="_blank">index stood at 2,816.81, marking a 3.00-index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent increase for the month-to-date returns and a 22.93-index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent gain for the year-to-date returns. Enditem