Falling below the 2 trillion yuan mark! The A-share trading volume hits a new low for the year, with the popularity of two major sectors rapidly declining, and trading volume in these areas also shrinking significantly.

Cailian Press, March 26 (Editor: Zilong), today (March 26), the trading activity in the A-share market continued to decline, with the total transaction amount in the Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Beijing markets reaching nearly 1.957 trillion yuan at the close, falling below the 2 trillion yuan mark for the first time in six weeks, marking the lowest transaction amount record of the year. Among them, the transaction amount of the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets was 1.943 trillion yuan, also hitting a new low for the year.

Note: Recent changes in A-share market transaction amounts (as of the close on March 26)

Weekly data has declined for four consecutive weeks, recent volume reduction review

Based on weekly data, as of today’s close, the average daily transaction amount in the A-share market was 21.735 billion yuan, marking the fourth consecutive week of decline, down 1.7% from last week’s average daily transaction amount (22.111 billion yuan) from March 14 to 20, and nearly 13% lower compared to the week before last (March 9 to 13). Looking at the year-to-date market, the average weekly transaction amount in the A-share market reached 34.7 trillion yuan from January 12 to 16, setting a historical record, with four days that week exceeding 30 trillion yuan in single-day transactions.

Note: A-share market weekly average daily transaction amount changes (as of the close on March 26)

From an industry sector perspective, compared to last week, 16 first-tier Shenwan sectors showed a reduction in transaction amounts this week, accounting for nearly half. Among them, the basic chemicals and electronics sectors saw a significant decrease in trading activity, with average daily transaction amounts down by 35.7 billion yuan and 33.9 billion yuan, respectively, compared to last week’s average. The heat in sectors like computers, mechanical equipment, and construction decoration also declined, while the public utilities, electric equipment, non-ferrous metals, automobiles, and coal sectors experienced an increase in trading volume levels compared to last week.

Note: Changes in average daily transaction amounts of various industry sectors compared to last week (as of the close on March 26)

If subdivided into sectors (Shenwan third-level), similar calculations of average daily transaction amounts show that printed circuit boards, digital chip design, IT services, communication network equipment and devices, municipal infrastructure projects, wind power components, vertical application software, and wind power complete sets of equipment saw significant reductions in volume, while thermal power generation, photovoltaic power generation, wind power generation, battery chemicals, photovoltaic battery components, lithium, hydropower generation, photovoltaic processing equipment, inverters, and other minor metals showed obvious increases.

Both the number of stocks hitting the limit up and down increased significantly, scanning industry distribution

As a key indicator of market sentiment and short-term capital activity, changes in limit up and down data have always been a focal point for investors. During the four trading days of this week, the market averaged 74 limit up stocks and 43 limit down stocks per day, representing increases of 42.2% and 152.9%, respectively, compared to last week’s average data. Notably, during March 24 and 25, the market witnessed two consecutive days with “hundreds of stocks hitting the limit up,” while on March 23, the number of limit down stocks reached 145, the highest since April 8, 2025.

Note: Daily changes in the number of limit up and limit down stocks in the A-share market within the year (as of the close on March 26)

From the distribution of limit up and down stocks over the week, as of today’s close, excluding ST stocks, there were a total of 191 stocks hitting the limit up 235 times, and another 86 stocks hitting the limit down 89 times. Among them, the public utilities and electric equipment sectors had notably more limit up occurrences, while communication, light industry manufacturing, electronics, mechanical equipment, and basic chemicals sectors also ranked high. However, stocks in the electronics sector had the highest number of limit down occurrences, followed by mechanical equipment, pharmaceuticals, light industry manufacturing, and basic chemicals sectors.

Note: Limit up and limit down occurrences in each industry sector this week (as of the close on March 26)

In addition, regarding ST stocks, as of today’s close, a total of 40 individual stocks hit the limit up 62 times this week, and another 73 stocks hit the limit down 83 times. In terms of industry statistics, the ST stocks in construction decoration, real estate, electronics, national defense and military industry, computers, and textile and apparel sectors had more limit up occurrences, while the ST stocks in construction decoration, basic chemicals, mechanical equipment, real estate, pharmaceuticals, electronics, food and beverage, and environmental protection sectors had the highest limit down occurrences.

(Cailian Press, Zilong)