China stocks rise as new data surprises on strong exports, imports

China stocks posted modest gains
on Thursday morning, rebounding from three days of losses, as
new data showed surprisingly strong exports and imports in
October.
** At the midday break, the Shanghai Composite index was
up 16.08 points or 0.61 percent at 2,657.42.
** China’s blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.68 percent,
with its financial sector sub-index higher by 1
percent, the consumer staples sector up 1.12 percent, the real
estate index up 1.3 percent and the healt