Measures lift stock, currency markets

The Chinese stock and currency markets rebounded strongly on Tuesday amid more supportive measures and government policies.

The Shanghai Composite Index jumped 2.31 percent while the benchmark Shenzhen Component Index closed 2.4 percent higher.

The total trading value on the two bourses approached 1 trillion yuan ($139 billion). Northbound capital, the amount that foreign investors invest to trade in A shares via the stock connect program between the Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong exchanges, reported a net inflow of about 10 billion yuan.