{"id":31243,"date":"2022-06-29T03:20:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T06:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=31243"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:20:33","slug":"macau-casino-stocks-rise-after-china-eases-covid-19-countermeasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-stocks-rise-after-china-eases-covid-19-countermeasures","title":{"rendered":"Macau casino stocks rise after China eases Covid-19 countermeasures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The quarantine period in China has been reduced to seven days plus three days of self-monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>China.- Macau has welcomed the announcement of an easing of Covid-19 countermeasures in mainland China as the city deals with its own <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casinos-to-request-negative-covid-19-test-for-entry\" target=\"_blank\">new outbreak of local Covid-19 cases<\/a>. Authorities in China have reduced the quarantine requirement for visitors to seven days plus three days of self-monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news provoked a surge in the <strong>share prices of Macau casino operators<\/strong>. Wynn Macau\u2019s shares were up 12.8 per cent, Sands China\u2019s 11.6 per cent and Galaxy Entertainment and SJM Holdings by about 7 per cent. SJM Holdings jumped 9.7 per cent and Melco Resorts &amp; Entertainment was up almost 14 per cent in pre-market trading in the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts at <strong>Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd\u00a0<\/strong>said: &#8220;While this is the first official nationwide change in quarantine policy in China since March 2020, several cities had already been given the go-ahead to do this in May and June and have had this new policy in place (including Beijing, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xuzhou). Some Chinese cities were piloting a 10-day quarantine period since April.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, they pointed out: \u201cThere is still no clarity about when border easing for Macau will occur. In the end, these changes are needed to see a rebound for Macau business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China remains the only country with a&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/covid-19-vaccine-passports-could-speed-up-macau-tourism-recovery\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">largely quarantine-free travel bubble<\/a>&nbsp;with Macau.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quarantine period in China has been reduced to seven days plus three days of self-monitoring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"China has reduced its national quarantine period to seven days plus three days of self-monitoring, a policy shift that significantly boosted the share prices of Macau casino operators. While this move signals a potential easing of travel restrictions, analysts emphasize that specific border reopening for Macau remains unconfirmed, which is critical for a full business rebound.","focusai_entities":"Wynn Macau, Sands China, Galaxy Entertainment, SJM Holdings, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd","focusai_location":"China, Macau, Beijing, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xuzhou, US","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau Border Easing?","query":"What specific conditions or policy changes are required from mainland China or Macau authorities to trigger a definitive easing of border restrictions for travel into Macau, and what is the projected timeline for such an announcement?"},{"label":"GGR Recovery Impact?","query":"How would a full reopening of the Macau border, following China's reduced quarantine, impact the projected GGR and NGR for major concessionaires in Q3 and Q4, considering current visitation trends and player demographics?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163,158],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-31243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","category-slider-home","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31243"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31281,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31243\/revisions\/31281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}