Shanghai Composite closes up 44.05 points on tech stock buying

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The Shanghai Composite Index closed higher today at 3,858.25 points, up 44.05 points or 1.15 percent, supported by buying in technology and chip stocks. Leading the gains, Shengyi Technology surged 6.13 percent, Eoptolink Technology rose 3.15 percent, Zhongji Innolight added 2.91 percent, NAURA Technology gained 1.72 percent, and Cambricon Technologies advanced 1.31 percent. The uptick helped offset negative sentiment from China's June industrial profits report, which showed growth of just 15.1 percent year-on-year, slowing from May's 21.1 percent expansion and marking the slowest growth rate since the start of the year. Industrial profits for the first six months rose 18.7 percent year-on-year, edging down slightly from the 18.8 percent increase in the first five months.

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