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KraneShares MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF (NYSEARCA:KESG - Get Free Report) shares fell 2.3% during mid-day trading on Tuesday. The company traded as low as $16.80 and last traded at $16.81. 2,000 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 63% from the average session volume of 1,230 shares. The stock had

Shares of KraneShares MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF (NYSEARCA:KESG - Get Free Report) were down 2.3% during trading on Monday. The stock traded as low as $16.80 and last traded at $16.81. Approximately 2,000 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 63% from the average daily volume of 1,230 shares. The stock

The IMF, the World Bank, and the United Nations all rank China and Japan as the second and third largest economies on the planet. More of what is occurring in the markets should reflect what is happening in China and Japan which are strongly linked economically.

While China's economy is still struggling, it is at least not getting incrementally worse and there are some pockets of improvement. Exports continue to decline in year-on-year terms, but the rates of decline are decreasing.

The first week of October saw a flood of new ETFs, with 28 funds debuting on U.S. exchanges. Part of that was due to the first Ethereum futures ETFs being approved to launch on Monday.

As highlighted by a year-to-date loss of 8.61% for the MSCI China Index — far worse than the decline experienced by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index — Chinese equities are struggling in 2023. There's a silver lining to the current slump being endured by Chinese stocks and related ETFs.

China continues to strive towards self-reliance, and its premier reaffirmed that notion recently. This should give bullish tones for a pair of KraneShares exchange traded funds (ETFs).

While slower growth in China will impact the global economy and financial markets, we think the short-term pain is necessary to avoid bigger problems down the road. China's economy is in the early stages of a long-term transition away from an export-driven, investment-led model toward a more balanced one with more domestic consumption.