Chinese stocks halted their rally and the yuan held steady as the high profile summit between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump delivered a predictable script. The absence substantiative breakthroughs in trade or diplomacy suggests investors are likely to stick with the status quo.

The CSI 300 Index slid 0.3% this week, snapping a five-week winning streak leading up to the event. While the talks yielded little in the way of concrete wins on agricultural trade or technology, the lack of friction prompted a wave of profit-taking rather than a fundamental shift in sentiment, market watchers say.