(Yicai Global) Nov.16 -- China's mainland stock markets went ever higher in the morning session one day after China and 14 other nations signing on to the world's largest trade bloc, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, touched off a strong opening.

The Shanghai Composite Index closed at 0.97 percent higher at 3,342.23 at the half break. The Shenzhen Component Index stood at 13,822.66, up 0.5 percent and the ChiNext Price Index, which tracks growth enterprises in Shenzhen, climbed 0.43 percent to 2,718.50.

Nonferrous metal shares led the markets with several firms hitting the daily limit up, including Jiangsu province-based Ye Chiu Metal Recycling [SHA:601388], which was up 10 percent at CNY3.03 (46 US cents), Yunnan Aluminium [SHE:000807], which also surged by one-tenth, at CNY8.13, while Shaanxi province-based Western Metal Materials [SHE:002149] stopped trading at CNY10.90.

Editor: Ben Armour