China Life Insurance Co., the nation’s largest life insurer, said profit for the first nine months of the year is expected to increase as much as 185% from a year earlier, buoyed by investment returns.

Investing.com-- Chinese stocks marked stellar gains over the past three weeks, racing to two-year highs amid optimism over more stimulus from Beijing, although the rally now appeared to be cooling. UBS analysts said that while Chinese stocks

China’s policymakers disappointed investors this week with a lack of follow-through on recent monetary policy stimulus measures. They get a second chance this weekend.

China's stock rally could extend another 15% to 20%, Goldman Sachs says. China's equity indexes have jumped dramatically since Beijing announced major stimulus policies. Goldman highlighted still low valuations and diminishing risk as tailwinds for a continued rally.

Chinese stocks tumbled on Wednesday alongside their Hong Kong peers, as investors sought to profit from a blistering rally, which was dampened by the lack of powerful stimulus measures to revive the economy.

A stock market rally in China has fizzled out as a highly-anticipated announcement on plans to boost the country's ailing economy disappointed investors. Shares had jumped by over 10% as trading restarted after the Golden Week holiday but fell back after a news conference by the country's economic planners.

An epic Chinese stock market rally lost steam after comments from the nation’s economic planners cast down hopes for more fiscal stimulus measures.

China's highly anticipated announcement of financial stimulus plans on Saturday was big on intent but low on the measurable details that investors need to ratify their recent return to the world's second-biggest stock market.