On June 16, GF Securities (01776.HK) rose 3.31% in regular trading, reaching HKD 17.47 per share, with turnover of approximately HKD 110 million. The gain came as the broader brokerage sector staged another round of upward movement.

The rally was driven by continued sector-wide momentum as multiple Chinese brokerage stocks advanced. The CSI Securities Company Index currently trades at just 1.2x price-to-book, with over 40% of constituent stocks trading below book value. GF Securities and other leading brokerages have pulled back to below 10x PE, creating a significant divergence between improving fundamentals and depressed valuations. Market activity remains elevated, with Q2 average daily trading volume reaching RMB 2.77 trillion, up 120% year-over-year, while IPO underwriting scale rose to RMB 33.7 billion. Institutional research notes that capital is rotating from high-valuation technology names into low-valuation financial stocks, with the upcoming Lujiazui Forum expected to signal further capital market reform catalysts.

Within the Investment Banking and Brokerage sector, CITIC Securities rose 2.94%, CMSC gained 0.82%, HTSC advanced 0.76%, while CICC slipped 0.38%.

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