NEW YORK, June 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded roughly mixed on Monday, with five of all top 10 stocks by weight in the S&P U.S. Listed China 50 index ending the day on an upbeat note.
Shares of TAL Education Group soared 3.92 percent to close at 40.26 U.S. dollars apiece, the biggest advancer among the 10 stocks. Meanwhile, stocks of Chinese technology company SINA Corporation, the largest laggard, lost 2.57 percent in market closing.
Shares of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba added 0.23 percent to close at 208.47 U.S. dollars apiece on Monday.
As of Friday, the S&P U.S. Listed China 50 index stood at 3,399.16, marking a 6.41-percent increase for the month-to-date returns and a 9.97-percent gain for the year-to-date returns.
U.S. stocks ended mixed on Monday as investors were digesting the latest economic data.
The Dow was down 0.41 percent to 24,987.47, the S&P 500 was down 0.21 percent to 2,773.87, and the Nasdaq increased 0.01 percent to 7,747.02. Enditem
