The balance of financing in the two cities increased by 39.216 billion yuan.

As of August 18, the margin financing balance of the Shanghai Stock Exchange reported 10571.81 billion yuan, an increase of 194.25 billion yuan from the previous trading day; the margin financing balance of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange reported 10239.31 billion yuan, an increase of 197.91 billion yuan from the previous trading day; the total margin financing balance of the two exchanges was 20811.12 billion yuan, an increase of 392.16 billion yuan from the previous trading day.