These days, movie stars are creating a ripple, not on silver screens, but on the Chinese stock markets. Market insiders said that the celebrity effect could be a perfect vehicle for speculative capital to influence stock prices in order to gain quick dividends.
He may be a billionaire, but soft-spoken William Ding, founder of online gaming giant NetEase.com, feels as comfortable on the farm with his pigs as he does in the boardroom.
| Name | Value | Change | Time |
| Shanghai | +0.06% | Mon | 3,109.57 |
| Shenzhen | -0.22% | Mon | 12,815.26 |
| HSI | +1.71% | Mon | 22,589.73 |
| NIKKEI | +0.77% | Mon | 10,362.62 |
| Dow | -0.18% | Fri | 9,972.18 |
| Nasdaq | -0.50% | Fri | 2,157.47 |