A-share single-day turnover hits a new record, surpassing the historical high of 3.47 trillion yuan set on October 8, 2024

Odaily News On January 12th, the A-share market continued its strong upward momentum with a significant surge. As of the time of writing, the A-share turnover has surpassed the 3.47 trillion yuan record set on October 8, 2024, establishing a new single-day turnover record for the A-share market. According to Wind statistics, there have been a total of 6 previous instances where A-share turnover exceeded 3 trillion yuan: October 8, 2024; August 25, August 27, August 28, and September 18, 2025; and January 9, 2026. It is noteworthy that since mid-December 2025, the A-share market has been on a sustained rally, with the Shanghai Composite Index achieving 16 consecutive positive closes. By the close on January 12th, a 17th consecutive positive close was almost a certainty. The driving force behind the A-share surge on January 12th stemmed from a full-scale breakout in AI application themes and the continued momentum of commercial aerospace concept stocks. (The Paper)