An investor looks at falling stock prices in Hangzhou, eastern China as markets slumped. Photograph: AP
Turmoil has returned to the Chinese stock market as shares suffered their worst fall in eight years, knocking commodity prices and fuelling jitters among investors in London.Following three weeks of relative calm, the Shanghai Composite Index plummeted on Monday, ending down 8.5% at 3725.56 – […]
Anyone who reads my blog is already likely to know the story. Until the market peaked on June 12, with the Shanghai Composite at 5,178, China had experienced a stock market boom that saw the Shanghai index rising in what seemed like a straight line by more than 135% in one year. The boom seemed almost inexplicable from a fundamental […]
Over the past few weeks, punters in China underwent a near-death experience when their country’s two stock exchanges entered freefall. The rapidly inflating bubble that had driven share prices to dizzying heights had suddenly burst. By this spring, the stock markets in Shanghai, with 831 listed companies, and Shenzhen, with 1,700, boasted a combined market capitalisation of $9.5tn, which made […]
The sheer size and importance of China’s equity markets cannot be overstated. Second in size only to the New York Stock Exchange, the combined value of the Asian country’s stock markets is $14 trillion and change. Or at least it was, before they fell 30 percent, wiping away nearly $2 trillion in value. To put this in perspective, the gross […]
REUTERS/China DailyAn investor adjusts his glasses as he looks at a computer screen in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Fuyang, Anhui province, China, July 9, 2015.There’s been a lot of panic in recent weeks about the colossal collapse of China’s stock markets, from both banks and Beijing.But Goldman Sachs thinks naysayers have […]
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The boom and crash of the Chinese stock market has been one of the biggest stories in finance this year.The Shanghai Composite exploded 155% from its 52-week low to its 52-week high 5,178 in June. From there it crashed 32% to 3,507 on Wednesday.It’s trajectory, is peppered with manic milestones and unprecedented government intervention. The latter helped the market […]
A record $13 billion (£8.4 billion) went into Chinese equity funds in the last week, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as China’s government scrambles to put a floor under tanking stocks.A BAML Global Research note sent to clients Thursday shows $25 billion (£16 billion) went into stocks globally last week, the biggest inflow since December 2014. More than half of the worldwide total was […]
CHENGDU — The Shanghai stock market has been one wild ride for the last few months. The world has watched as stocks soared for months before a precipitous plunge in recent weeks. Millions of “novice investors” got involved in the markets when prices dramatically increased last year, the Associated Press reported.So what do normal Chinese people think about the roller […]
China’s stock market bounces back, after govt steps in to stop huge slidePublished time: July 09, 2015 02:25Edited time: July 09, 2015 12:06Get short URLReuters / Tyrone SiuTagsEconomy, Investment, MarketsChinese stock indexes rebounded Thursday. The Shanghai Composite added about 6 percent after the securities regulator made a bold move and stopped shareholders with more than a five percent stake in […]
Chinese authorities are scrambling to assuage the fears of panicking investors who have seen their stock holdings plummet in recent weeks, with the country’s markets losing about a third of their value in the last month.Shanghai’s composite index fell nearly 6 percent on Wednesday alone. Shortly after opening, markets across China fell so quickly that trading in more than half […]
