** Shares of Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturers
and their suppliers rise after China's state planner said it
would gradually remove curbs on NEV purchases
** The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
said in a document that curbs such as licence plate quotas would
be phased out across the country to promote NEVs and "green
consumption" urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2U102C
** The CSI New Energy sub-index .CSI399808 rises 1% and
the New Energy Vehicle sub-index .CSI399976 gains 0.9%,
compared with a 1.25% drop in the automobiles sub-index
.CSI930607
** BYD Co Ltd 002594.SZ rises 0.86%, Geely Auto 0175.HK
is up 0.62% while BAIC Motor 1958.HK climbs 1.24%
** The CSI300 .CSI300 slides 0.55% and Hong Kong's Hang
Seng .HSI falls 0.1%
(Reporting by Andrew Galbraith)
((Andrew.Galbraith@tr.com))