The financing balance of the two cities decreased by 7.43 billion yuan.

As of May 23rd, the Shanghai Stock Exchange's margin financing balance reported 905.72 billion yuan, a decrease of 20.64 billion yuan from the previous trading day; the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's margin financing balance reported 878.06 billion yuan, a decrease of 53.66 billion yuan from the previous trading day; the total margin financing balance of the two exchanges was 1783.78 billion yuan, a decrease of 74.3 billion yuan from the previous trading day.