CSI 300 (CSI300)
Benchmark index · China · data since 2021-03-11 · last close 2026-07-17
1d
-3.60%
7d
-5.26%
30d
-8.16%
YTD
-2.18%
1y
+12.26%
CSI 300 (CSI300) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.6 | 0.1 | -5.5 | 8.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | -9.0 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | -3.0 | 1.9 | -0.1 | -3.0 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 10.3 | 3.2 | 0.0 | -2.5 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | -6.3 | 9.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | -0.7 | -3.3 | -0.6 | -3.5 | 21.0 | -3.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| 2023 | 7.4 | -2.1 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -5.7 | 1.2 | 4.5 | -6.2 | -2.0 | -3.2 | -2.1 | -1.9 |
| 2022 | -7.6 | 0.4 | -7.8 | -4.9 | 1.9 | 9.6 | -7.0 | -2.2 | -6.7 | -7.8 | 9.8 | 0.5 |
| 2021 | · | · | -1.6 | 1.5 | 4.1 | -2.0 | -7.9 | -0.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | -1.6 | 2.2 |
| Avg | -1.6 | 1.9 | -2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.6 | -2.8 | -0.3 | 3.3 | -2.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | -1.6% | +1.9% | -2.5% | +0.5% | +0.5% | +1.6% | -1.5% | -0.3% | +3.3% | -2.6% | +0.9% | +0.7% |
| Win rate | 40%/5 | 80%/5 | 17%/6 | 50%/6 | 67%/6 | 67%/6 | 40%/5 | 20%/5 | 60%/5 | 20%/5 | 40%/5 | 80%/5 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-40.9%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±5.1%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
48%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+20.97%
2024-09
Worst month
-7.9%
2021-07
Longest streaks
5▲ / 6▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About CSI 300
CSI 300 isn't a company — it's the scoreboard: China's benchmark index, tracked here like any other asset, because sometimes the market itself is the most interesting ticker — with price history on this site back to 2021. Since 2021 it is down 1% overall — surviving is its own genre of awesome.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was September 2024 at +20.97%; its worst, July 2021 at -7.9%.
- It has closed February in the green 4 out of 5 times — calendar astrology, but the fun kind.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.