Most stocks rise, financials depress index

Most mainland stocks rose yesterday, boosted by strength in metal producers and hopes for more government measures to aid the industrial sector, although weak financial shares depressed the main index.

The Shanghai Composite Index ended down 0.24 percent at 1900.347 points after fluctuating around Friday's close. It gained 4.62 percent last week, its biggest weekly rise in a month.

Jiangxi Copper advanced 6.62 percent to 12.61 yuan after climbing 4.65 percent on Friday, as copper prices on the London Metal Exchange continued to rise.