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China's securities watchdog probes automated trading as stocks slip …

Authorities have been flailing in efforts over the past three weeks to prevent a further sell-off. Photograph: Shizuo Kambayashi/AP
China’s securities watchdog is investigating the impact of automated trading on share markets, as authorities step up a crackdown on what they regard as heavy speculative selling that could destabilise the world’s second-largest economy.China’s main share markets, both among the world’s five […]

China stock market hit by biggest one-day fall since 2007 | Business …

An electric board displaying falling stock prices in Hangzhou, in China’s Zhejiang province. Photograph: AP
Chinese shares has tumbled more than 8% after an unprecedented state rescue effort to prop up valuations abruptly stopped, raising doubts about the viability of Beijing’s plan to stave off a deeper crash.Major indexes had their largest one-day drop since 2007, shattering three weeks of relative […]

China stock market freezing up as 'panic' selling gathers pace …

SHANGHAI — China’s tumbling stock market showed signs of seizing up on Wednesday, as companies scrambled to escape the rout by having their shares suspended and indexes plunged after the securities regulator warned of “panic sentiment” gripping investors.Beijing, which has struggled for more than a week to bend the market to its will, unveiled yet another battery of measures to […]

China again tries to shore up shaky stock market | McClatchy DC …

Capping an extraordinary week of stock market losses that defied state intervention, China decided to double down on Saturday – hoping to avoid a “Black Monday” when trading resumes after the weekend.Meeting in Beijing, 21 major brokerage houses said they would contribute 120 billion yuan – the equivalent of $19.3 billion – to purchase blue-chip “exchange traded funds” to stabilize […]

China opens up $4.2trn stock market to world via Hong Kong – RT.com

China opens up $4.2trn stock market to world via Hong KongPublished time: November 17, 2014 15:17Edited time: November 19, 2014 10:53Get short URLHong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. Chairman Chow Chung-kong (L) and Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying smile after hitting a gong during the launch ceremony of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect in Hong Kong November 17, 2014.(Reuters […]