26 China A shares to join MSCI China Index

Twenty-six Chinese A shares will be added to the MSCI China Index, 18 of which are ChiNext stocks, revealed MSCI, the world's biggest index compiler.

Twenty-six China A shares will be added to the MSCI China Index, with 18 of which are ChiNext stocks. [File Photo: IC]

The weighting of 238 existing Chinese shares on MSCI are also going to be increased from 5% to 10%, according to the index compiler.

MSCI has already announced its intention to increase the weight of China A shares in MSCI Indexes from 5% to 20% in three steps.

MSCI says its China A Mid-Cap index will also have 29 additions and 5 deletions, bringing the Mid-Cap index to 173.

The company also says there are 109 additions to and 3 deletions from the MSCI China A Onshore Index.