Chinese brokerage firms surged across the board, after Shanghai Stock Exchange announced before the holiday that it would allow individual investors to open multiple stock trading accounts with different brokers. Haitong International Securities Group spiked 14%, Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd. leapt 12%, and Shenyin Wanguo (HK) Ltd. surfed 10.2% higher. Mainland Chinese banks also shined, as China Citic Bank Corporation Ltd. surged 6.2%, both Bank of China Ltd. and Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. jumped 2.8%, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. climbed 2.4%, and China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. zoomed 2.2% higher.