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The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... suddenly righted itself and not a single soul now expects the economy to crash and burn. In fact, the Shanghai Composite index dropped another 1.3% yesterday despite the PBOC's easing announcement -- 25bp cut in interest rates and 50bp reduction in banks' ...

Chinese whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... anyone wet their pants - headlines about the 8.5% biggest one-day fall since February 2007 dive in the Shanghai Composite index yesterday. What triggered the sell-off, nobody really knows. Someone shouted "fire" and everyone and his dog rushed for the ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... 8.48 per cent. Most Asian stock markets fell but Chinese shares suffered the most, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closing down 8.48 per cent, or 345.35 points, at 3,725.56. The decline was its biggest single-day drop since February 2007 ...

Market set to fall

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... Wednesday at 25,282.62 on turnover of HK$81.73 billion ($A14.22 billion). Shanghai gained 0.21 per cent. The Shanghai Composite Index added 8.38 points to 4,026.05 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, rose ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... the correction in the mainland Chinese share market not so much the events in Greece," he says. "The Shanghai Composite Index has had its steepest three-week decline since 1992 and has now fallen nearly 30% since mid-June," he adds, and warns that "investors ...

Understanding the present Chinese market rout: Western Asset

PROMOTED BY LEGG MASON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... bourses has led to systemic fears in China and global growth worries. From a 7.5-year peak in mid-June, the Shanghai Composite Index (SHCOMP) has fallen 28% in a matter of weeks. On July 8, 2015 the SHCOMP lost 5.9% in what was dubbed "Black Wednesday," ...

Still in the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... as tomorrow"? That's the musical version of "is this a dead cat bounce?" Yes Virginia, I refer to the Shanghai Composite Index which tumbled 5.9% one-day and high jumped 5.8% the next. OlA(C)! OlA(C)! OlA(C)! Though this is to be expected considering ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... "mayhem", the "meltdown", the "crash", the "chaos" in its stock markets. Sure looks like it, with the Shanghai Composite Index clocking another 5.9% loss yesterday. Now there's fear about the word that had been long associated with Grexit - "contagion."A ...

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... Absent Greece, you, I and Irene would be peeing our pants with headlines announcing the 28% plunge in the Shanghai Composite Index from its near eight-year high of 5,166.35 points hit on 12 June in less than a month. Of course, that other fact that it's ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... about 20, data compiled by Bloomberg show." This report was published on 26 March this year... when the Shanghai composite index was at 3,682.09 points - 28% below yesterday's close of 5,131.88 points. For sure, if it's overvalued then, it's more overvalued ...