Betting on the stock market blind

Updated: 2015-03-10 13:27

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Blind masseur Hu Xun holds his cellphone close to ears to check on the stock performance at lunchtime on Jan 13, 2015 in Wuhan city, Central China's Hubei province. Encouraged by a customer of his, Hu entered the market in 1997 and invested about 200,000 yuan, 50,000 yuan of which he lost in 2003 and 2009. [Photo/IC]

Hu Xun is among more than 1,000 visually-challenged investors in Wuhan, Hubei province, who dream of making a fortune in the market anyway.

China's stocks rallied in 2014 after years of slump, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closing last year with a 53 percent surge, its biggest annual gain since 2009.