UBS expects Chinese market to deliver more growth
China DailyPhoto taken on July 29, 2022, shows buildings on both sides of the Huangpu River in Shanghai. Multinational investment bank and financial services company UBS is bullish on the Chinese market, and the market's attraction will be strengthened this year, ThePaper reported on Tuesday. The consumption recovery in the Chinese market will drive companies' earnings rise, while a recession in developed economies will affect earnings growth in overseas markets in 2023. The outlook for Chinese A-share market is positive in 2023, with the earnings growth expected to recover from 4 percent in 2022 to 15 percent in 2023, said Meng Lei, China equities strategist at UBS Securities. The Hang Seng Index will be bullish, led by factors including the US dollar weakening, the US treasury yields felling and companies' earnings growth; but its high weight of the financial sector result in the resilient will be less than the MSCI China index, said Meng.