HSCEI (CHNComp) was one of the best performing Asian indices during today's Asia-Pacific trading session. The index jumped over 2% today and painted a daily peak at 3-week high. Improved sentiment towards Chinese shares can be reasoned with recent performance of Alibaba (BABA.US) as the index and the stock are highly correlated. According to a Bloomberg report, Alibaba aims to divide the company into 6 different entities with each being responsible for its own financing and decisions like going public. This news triggered an over-14% increase in Alibaba's share price yesterday.
Taking a look at CHNComp chart at D1 interval, we can see that while the index managed to climb above the price zone ranging between 6,600 pts mark and 200-session moving average (purple line), it was later halted at 50-session moving average (green line) in the 7,000 pts area. What comes next will be crucial from a technical point of view. An inverse head and shoulders pattern can be spotted building up on the chart - a bullish pattern. However, a pullback towards the aforementioned 6,600 pts area would be needed for the pattern to take shape.
Source: xStation5
