** U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies jump premarket on
hopes for additional stimulus measures from Beijing
** Chinese leaders pledged on Thursday to deploy "necessary
fiscal spending" to meet this year's economic growth target
** Shares gained on Tuesday after China's central bank
unveiled a bumper monetary stimulus but gave up some gains on
Wednesday on worries that the measures may fall short of helping
boost domestic demand
** E-commerce firms gain: Alibaba Group Holding BABA.N up
5.7%, JD.com JD.O 7.7%, PDD Holdings PDD.O 7.3%
** Gaming stock Bilibili BILI.O jumps 8,3%, search engine
giant Baidu BIDU.O rises 4.8%,
** Online education firm Gaotu Techedu GOTU.N soars 11.6%,
online video platform iQIYI IQ.O advances 9%
** EV firms Nio NIO.N , Li Auto LI.O , Xpeng XPEV.N gain
between 5% and 7.7%
** Online brokerage Futu Holdings FUTU.O advances 8%,
Tencent Music Entertainment Group TME.N up 7.4%
** China's ETFs such as iShares MSCI China ETF MCHI.O up
5.7%, KraneShares CSI China ETF KWEB.P 7.2% and iShares China
Large-Cap ETF FXI.P up 5.5%
(Reporting by Nikhil Sharma in Bengaluru)
((Nikhil.Sharma@thomsonreuters.com;))