Global indexes put more value on A-shares

MSCI's increased weighting of China's stocks may draw large capital inflows

Global index provider MSCI will increase the weighting of China's A-shares in its widely tracked equity indexes, a move analysts said will draw a large amount of capital into the country's stock market this year.

A total of 204 A-shares, 189 of which are mid-cap stocks, will be added to the MSCI China Index and the inclusion factor for 268 existing constituents will be increased from 15 percent to 20 percent, MSCI said on Thursday following its semiannual index review.