On January 5, A-shares began a new journey in 2026. Choice data shows that on the first trading day, the insurance sector continued last year's impressive performance and continued to rise. In the end, it ranked first among all sectors in the A-share Shenwan Secondary Industry Classification with an increase of 6.17%. The five listed A-share insurance companies all reaped an increase of more than 5% on January 5. Among them, Xinhua Insurance and China Taibaotian increased by 8.87% and 7.52% respectively, and their closing prices were 75.88 yuan/share and 45.06 yuan/share, respectively, once again breaking the record high of stock prices set in December last year. Furthermore, Ping An of China closed at 72.36 yuan/share on the same day, setting another high price since March 2021.

On January 5, A-shares began a new journey in 2026. Choice data shows that on the first trading day, the insurance sector continued last year's impressive performance and continued to rise. In the end, it ranked first among all sectors in the A-share Shenwan Secondary Industry Classification with an increase of 6.17%. The five listed A-share insurance companies all reaped an increase of more than 5% on January 5. Among them, Xinhua Insurance and China Taibaotian increased by 8.87% and 7.52% respectively, and their closing prices were 75.88 yuan/share and 45.06 yuan/share, respectively, once again breaking the record high of stock prices set in December last year. Furthermore, Ping An of China closed at 72.36 yuan/share on the same day, setting another high price since March 2021.