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The Shanghai Composite Index ended at 2,508.1 points, after rising 1.4 percent on Wednesday. Turnover rose to a four-month high at 136 billion yuan ($21.4 billion). The People's Bank of China (PBOC) conducted a net injection of 96 billion yuan into the banking system through its regular open market operations this week, with the benchmark 7-day repo rate falling on ample liquidity.