RED chips and H shares were yesterday's star performers, dominating the top-10 performers list.
China Everbright International closed as the day's biggest percentage gainer, sprinting 13.76 per cent or 26 cents to $2.15 on turnover of $37.21 million generated by 18.33 million shares traded, the 10th highest volume.
It fared well on the heels of an announcement of a planned $561.6 million rights issue to fund a pharmaceutical joint venture.
Three H shares were among the day's top-10 performers.
Kunming Machine, the day's fifth-best performer, leapt 10.13 per cent or 40 cents to $4.35 as 690,000 shares worth of $2.86 million changed hands.
Beiren Printing jumped 8.9 per cent or 42.5 cents to $5.20 on volume of 2.4 million shares producing a turnover of $12.3 million.