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The mainland stocks slipped 0.85 percent in active trade yesterday, knocked by a drop in financial, energy and metals shares as renewed concerns about the financial crisis weighed on stock and commodity prices overseas.
The Shanghai Composite Index ended at 2535.828 points after hitting a low of 2499.601 points. It had climbed on Monday to an eight-month closing high. Turnover1 in Shanghai A shares rose to 154.6 billion yuan from Monday's 140.1 billion yuan.
A jump in bad loans at Bank of America, the largest US bank, rekindled2 fears about the state of the banking3 sector4 globally and pushed prices of industrial commodities such as oil and copper5 sharply lower.
Analysts7 said active turnover and expected technical support at the psychologically important 2500 point mark should limit the Shanghai index's losses, however, and could set the stage for a renewed assault on its recent highs in coming days.
"Investors8 are jittery9 after the slump10 in overseas markets, but the index is not expected to fall too much and investors might be lured11 back to the market if overseas markets stabilize," said Huatai Securities analyst6 Zhou Lin.
Frank Gong, chief China economist12 at JPMorgan Chase, said yesterday that the Shanghai index was likely to hit 2800 to 3000 points this year, with a bull market now in its beginning stage as the Chinese economy had bottomed out.
Xiangcai Securities analyst Wu Nan added: "The correction today was smaller than expected. The index came off its low, suggesting that sentiment is supported by investors' general confidence in China's economic recovery, but risks are growing as the index rallies."
Banks were lower, with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China's biggest lender, off 0.96 percent at 4.12 yuan while Hua Xia Bank sank 4.37 percent to 10.5 yuan despite posting a 46 percent jump in earnings13 last year.
Coal shares were weak, with Shenhua Energy losing 2.51 percent to 23.73 yuan.
Yunnan Copper, China's third-largest copper producer, sagged14 2.39 percent to 20.4 yuan after saying its production in the first quarter fell 34 percent from a year earlier.
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n.人员流动率,人事变动率;营业额,成交量 | |
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rekindled
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v.使再燃( rekindle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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banking
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n.银行业,银行学,金融业 | |
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n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形 | |
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copper
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n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的 | |
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analyst
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analysts
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investors
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n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 ) | |
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jittery
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slump
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n.暴跌,意气消沉,(土地)下沉;vi.猛然掉落,坍塌,大幅度下跌 | |
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economist
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n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人 | |
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earnings
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n.工资收人;利润,利益,所得 | |
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