U.S.-listed Chinese firms trade mostly higher

NEW YORK, April 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly higher on Monday with seven 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 NetEase and JD.com climbed 6.03 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent and 3.68 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. index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">stocks of Baidu and Ctrip.com International both rose more than 3 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent, also among the best performers.

Shares of New Oriental Education Technology Group and Alibaba Group Holding slid 1.17 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent and 0.86 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 rallied on Monday as market sentiment was lifted by upbeat manufacturing data from major economies.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 329.74 points, or 1.27 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent, to 26,258.42. The SP 500 was up 32.79 points, or 1.16 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent, to 2,867.19. The Nasdaq Composite index.html" target="_blank">index increased 99.59 points, or 1.29 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent, to 7,828.91.

The Cboe Volatility index.html" target="_blank">index, widely considered the best fear gauge in the stock market, decreased 2.26 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent to 13.40 on Monday.

As of Friday, the SP U.S. Listed China 50 index.html" target="_blank">index stood at 2,873.42, marking a 5.07-index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent increase for the month-to-date returns and a 25.41-index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent gain for the year-to-date returns. Enditem