The balance of financing in both markets decreased by 2.08 billion yuan.

As of May 8th, the Shanghai Stock Exchange's margin financing balance was reported at 911.58 billion yuan, a decrease of 0.17 billion yuan from the previous trading day; the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's margin financing balance was reported at 880.38 billion yuan, a decrease of 1.91 billion yuan from the previous trading day; the total margin financing balance of the two exchanges was 17918.96 billion yuan, a decrease of 2.08 billion yuan from the previous trading day.