Friday, May 09, 2008
China stocks fall on inflation news; bargain-hunting trims losses
: Chinese pillory drop Friday as newly released rising prices information revived concerns of additional recognition tightening. But late in the day, deal hunting in pharmaceutical and nutrient shares helped spare losses.
The benchmark Shanghai Complex Index drop 1.2 percent, or 43.35 points, to 3,613.49. The Shenzhen Complex Index drop 0.5 percentage to 1,097.42.
The Shanghai benchmark drop as much as 2.9 percentage earlier in the twenty-four hours after the authorities reported that the manufacturer terms index, a cardinal rising prices indicator, rose 8.1 percentage in April compared with the same calendar month a twelvemonth ago.
Investors sold Chinese pillory on concerns of additional tightening of pecuniary policy to assist control inflation, analysts said. China's consumer terms index rose 8.3 percentage in March, down from a rise of 8.7 percentage in February. The addition in the February terms index was the peak rising prices charge per unit in nearly 12 years.
China is owed to let go of April consumer price index information on Monday. Friday's news on the manufacturer terms prompted estimations that consumer rising prices for April would come up in at about 8.5 percent. Today in Business with Reuters
Financial and place shares, those most acutely affected by pecuniary policy, led the decline.
Industrial & Commercial Depository Financial Institution of People'S Republic Of People'S Republic Of People'S Republic Of China drop 2.7 percentage to 6.14 yuan, China Merchants Depository Financial Institution slipped 1.7 percentage to 31.26 kwai and place leader China Vanke cast 1.1 percentage to 21.88 yuan.
"The marketplace 'hot pot' is changing fast and terms are not sustainable these days, which proposes investors deficiency confidence," said Zhang Linchang, a strategian with Guotai & Junan Securities, in Shanghai.
But later inch the day, investors were buying shares in pharmaceutical, retail and agribusiness companies — which are viewed as relatively inflation-proof, said Xu Zhiyuan, a strategian at Capital-Edge Investing & Management Co. in Shanghai.
In currency dealings, the U.S. dollar was at 6.9967 late around 0830 Greenwich Mean Time on the over-the-counter market, down from 7.0052.
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Chinese stocks extend decline; Shanghai index slides 4 percent to 1-year low
: Chinese pillory extended their diminution Tuesday, sinking to their last degree in nearly a twelvemonth on heavy merchandising by investors fretting over additional tightening of pecuniary policies.
The Shanghai Complex Index drop 4.1 percent, or 143.55 points, to 3,329.16, its last stopping point since April 6, 2007, when it ended at 3,323.58. The Shenzhen Complex Index plunged 7.3 percentage to 1,018.03.
Investor sentiment was overwhelmingly grim amid outlooks that government will raise involvement rates to battle inflation, analysts said.
"The marketplace is too weak now," said Wei Dynasty Daoke, an analyst at Shenyin and Wanguo Securities.
Some large cap shares rose early in the twenty-four hours but drop back amid terror selling, Wei Dynasty said. Today in Business with Reuters
Market heavyweight PetroChina drop 2.62 percentage to 16.83 yuan, stopping point to its initial populace offering terms last October of 16.70 yuan.
The dim mentality for first-quarter corporate net income also aggravated merchandising pressure level on the broader market.
Automakers and existent estate developers, sectors most vulnerable to economical slowdowns, drop sharply. SAIC Motor tumbled 8.1 percentage to 12.62 yuan, while FAW Car hit the 10 percentage day-to-day downside bounds at 11.95 yuan.
Developer People'S Republic Of China Vanke drop 4.3 percentage to 24.50 yuan, while Poly Real Number Estate Group cast 9.9 percentage to 26.80 yuan.
Steel markers underperformed on uncertainness over the consequences of Fe ore terms negotiations. Baoshan Iron & Steel retreated 8.7 percentage to 11.33 yuan, while Wuhan Iron & Steel drop 8.0 percentage to 13.06 yuan.
Investors are worried about rising natural stuff costs for steel shapers as Australian mineworkers Rio De Janeiro Tinto and BHP Billiton pushing for a cargo insurance premium for their Fe ore.
"Lots of big capitalized shares have got fallen by almost half now, and investors are beginning to sell little caps. Market sentiment is much too pessimistic," said Zhai Peng, a strategian at Guotai & Junan Securities.
In currency dealings, the U.S. dollar was at 7.0144 around 0733 Greenwich Mean Time on the over-the-counter market, up from Monday's stopping point of 7.0120.
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