Trading volume increase and recovery in investment banking business drive securities firms to expectedly perform well in the first half of 2026.

Guotai Junan Securities expects the net profit attributable to mothers in the first half of 2026 to be between 20.03 billion yuan and 20.51 billion yuan; CMB Securities expects the net profit attributable to mothers in the first half of the year to be between 10 billion yuan and 11 billion yuan; CICC predicts the net profit attributable to mothers in the first half of the year to be between 7.708 billion yuan and 8.227 billion yuan... Recently, many securities firms have forecasted good results for the first half of the year. According to a research report from CICC, a total of 42 listed securities firms are expected to achieve a combined net profit of 142.5 billion yuan in the first half of 2026, a year-on-year increase of 50%. In the first half of the year, the high trading volume of A-shares, the recovery of investment banking business, and the strengthening of securities firms' proprietary businesses are the main driving forces behind the rapid growth of securities firms' performance. Boosted by the recovery of IPOs and the science and technology market, "technology content" is becoming the core competitiveness of securities firms.