BEIJING, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- China's stock market closed the first week of 2016 trading Friday up 2 percent after regulators enacted a circuit breaker mechanism to calm panicky investors.
The Shanghai Composite Index finished up nearly 2 percent at 3,186.41, recovering slightly from a 7 percent drop Thursday. The Shenzhen Composite added 1.1 percent. The CSI 300 Index of the largest listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen bumped 2 percent, to 3,361.56.