QFII capital, US slack drive A-share rebound in Jan-Mar

Losses of last year are erased as prospects in China outshine show of American stocks

The rapid pickup of China's A-share market is proving to be a contrast to the moderate growth in the US markets, and is attracting increasing interest from qualified foreign institutional investors.

Data from market tracker Wind Info showed that the Shanghai Composite Index and the Shenzhen Component Index surged almost 24 percent and 37 percent respectively during the first quarter of this year, outshining most of the other major indexes of the world and overtaking S&P 500 Index in the United States, which climbed 12 percent in the same period.