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Coronavirus impact: Chinese stocks sink 9% as markets reopen to crisis after break

CSI 300 Index dropped as much as 9.1% as onshore financial markets opened for the first time since January 23The outbreak is leaving China increasingly isolated

1 min read3 Feb 2020
News

China's economic growth unexpectedly held up in Q1

China's GDP rose 6.4% in the first quarter from a year earlierInvestment by state-owned firms quickened to 6.7% and slowed for private firms to 6.4%

1 min read17 Apr 2019
Market

European stocks struggle, US futures fall as trade hopes fade

European stocks struggled after Asian shares declined as optimism over a potential U.S.-China trade deal receded

2 min read5 Nov 2018
Market

China stocks jump 3% as state steps up support

China has released its widely-expected plan to cut personal income taxes after data showed the nation’s economy grew at the slowest pace since 2009.

1 min read22 Oct 2018
Market

China's stock market is now worth only five Apples

At its peak in 2015, China's market cap was more than $10 trillion. It's almost halved in size since then, to $5.73 trillion as of Tuesday

1 min read12 Sep 2018
Market

Chinese stocks with ‘emperor' or ‘king' in their names are surging

What's the trade on China's move to let President Xi Jinping stay in power indefinitely? Some investors may have decided that it's buying shares in companies with 'king' or 'emperor' in their names

1 min read26 Feb 2018
Market

Missing Chinese billionaire targeted over stocks crash: report

The report says Xiao Jianhua disappeared from his apartment in Hong Kong's harbourfront Four Seasons hotel which Xiao denied on his WeChat account

2 min read2 Feb 2017
Market

Asian stocks cement gains after recent rally, oil slips

Hong Kong stocks top losers; oil slips on surprise build-up in stocks

2 min read24 Aug 2016
Companies

China's blood shortages pump new life into $16 billion drug maker

Shanghai RAAS Blood Products, a seller of treatments made from human blood plasma, rallied to new highs at a time when many of the country's blue-chip firms were sinking

3 min read3 May 2016
News

Three reasons for concern about the Chinese economy

A big reason Chine shares are sinking is that Beijing is trying to undo some of the measures it took to prop up stock prices after Shanghai market collapsed in June

4 min read9 Jan 2016