As of January 7, the margin trading balance on the Shanghai Stock Exchange stood at 1,298.215 billion yuan, an increase of 12.316 billion yuan from the previous trading day; the margin trading balance on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange stood at 1,280.77 billion yuan, an increase of 12.649 billion yuan from the previous trading day; The combined total for both exchanges was 2,578.985 billion yuan, an increase of 24.965 billion yuan from the previous trading day.