(Yicai Global) Sept. 4 -- China's mainland stock markets maintained their three-day sprint, closing higher again today. Augmented reality, real estate development and financial stocks were the top dogs in this heat.

The Shanghai composite index closed 0.93 percent up at 2,957.41 on a CNY251.2 billion trading volume. The Shenzhen Component Index climbed 0.69 percent to close at 9,700.32 on turnover of CNY354.6 billion. The ChiNext index went up 0.54 percent to 1,669.41, with CNY116.8 billion changing hands.

AR firms' stocks led the winners again with a 4.2 percent increase, followed by units of real estate developers operating in second-tier cities with a 3.7 percent rise. Securities shares also finished well, climbing 2.1 percent at the close.

Editor: Ben Armour