Stocks slide to lowest in 19 months
By Wang Lan | China Daily | Updated: 2008-08-12 08:03
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A man at a securities house in Hefei, capital of Anhui province, yesterday. The Shanghai Composite Index plunged 5.21 percent to reach a 19-month low. Zhang Zhongze |
Led by a plunge in metal and energy stocks, the benchmark index of the Chinese stock market yesterday lost more than 5 percent to fall to its lowest level in 19 months amid growing concern about a slowing economy.
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