The Shanghai Composite Index closed at 3,826.84 on Monday, up 0.38 percent. The Shenzhen Component Index closed at 12,666.84, up 0.61 percent while the ChiNext Index closed at 2,933.25, down 0.84 percent. 

Total trading volume on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges surpassed 2.42 trillion yuan ($339.4 billion), up by over 114 billion yuan from the previous trading day. More than 3,900 stocks gained across both markets.

Sector-wise, robotics, medical devices, and livestock farming led gains, while financial services, retail, and computing power sectors saw the steepest declines.

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