Chinese share prices nosedived on Thursday after a timid rebound
on the previous trading day, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite
Index closing at 5,330.02 points, down 4.85 percent.
The Shenzhen Component Index on the smaller bourse in Shenzhen
ended at 17,465.46 points, down 4.21 percent.
The combined daily transaction volume on the two exchanges stood
at 128.2 billion yuan (US$17.2 billion), up from the 112.58 billion
yuan (US$15.1 billion) on Wednesday.
(Xinhua News Agency November 8, 2007)
