Markets decline on the back of US plunge
By Zhang Shidong | China Daily | Updated: 2011-08-20 07:52
A trader examines screens at the New Rork Stock Exchange as markets tumbled this week. A plunge in US equities partly prompted a decline in stocks on the Chinese mainland. Jonathan Alpeyrie / for China Daily |
SHANGHAI - Stocks on the Chinese mainland fell on Friday, capping a fifth week of losses for the benchmark index.
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