[central Bank: a total of 7.27138 trillion yuan of bonds were issued in the bond market in March] according to central bank data, a total of 7.27138 trillion yuan of bonds were issued in the bond market in March. The issuance of treasury bonds is 806 billion yuan, local government bonds 890.04 billion yuan, financial bonds 1.25995 trillion yuan, corporate credit bonds 1.72433 trillion yuan, credit asset-backed securities 37.41 billion yuan, and interbank certificates of deposit 258.88 billion yuan. At the end of March, the Shanghai Composite Index closed at 3272.9 points, down 6.8 points, or 0.2 per cent, from the previous month, while the Shenzhen Composite Index closed at 11726.4 points, down 57.4 points, or 0.5 per cent. In March, the average daily trading volume in Shanghai was 398.96 billion yuan, up 10.4% from the previous month, while the average daily trading volume in Shenzhen was 530.97 billion yuan, down 0.9% from the previous month.