An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a private securities company in Shanghai in this file photo. Shares extended a rebound yesterday, with the financial sector buoying a second-straight day of index gains ahead of a week-long Lunar New Year holiday starting Friday. The Shanghai Composite Index, which suffered its biggest loss in three weeks Monday, finished up 0.6 percent at 2,049.9 points. The CSI300 of the leading Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listings crept up 0.4 percent. Still, mainland markets underperformed most of Asia.

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