A-shares withstand impact of Wall Street plummet

China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index managed to edge up 0.02 percent to close at 2,603.8 on Thursday, despite plunges on overseas bourses led by Wall Street.

The three major US stock indexes slumped Wednesday, with the Nasdaq Composite down 4.4 percent to 7,108.04, the largest one-day percentage loss in eight years.

The Shenzhen Component Index and the startup-heavy ChiNext Composite Index edged 0.21 percent and 0.82 percent lower, respectively.