China Enterprises Index up 0.45%

    The Hang Seng（香港恒生银行） China Enterprises Index on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange rose 52.69 points, or 0.45 percent, to close Monday's trading at 11,673.37.
    The H-shares index, initiated¹ in August 1994 and readjusted（重新调整） on Sept. 7, 2009, tracks the overall performance of 44 major Chinese mainland State-owned enterprises listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
    The Hang Seng China H-Financials Index rose 33.38 points, or 0. 20 percent, to close at 16,651.07. [ The H-Financials Index, initiated on Nov. 27, 2006, readjusted on Sept. 10, 2007, tracks the performance of nine major banks and insurers of the Chinese mainland.
    The Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index rose 29.16 points, or 0.75 percent, to close at 3,909.47.
    The index tracks the performance of 34 locally listed companies with a significant equity² interest held by entities³ in the Chinese mainland.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

2 equity   

n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票

参考例句：

• They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
• To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。

3 entities   

实体对像； 实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。