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PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 1:48 pm
by Badstrat
Global selloff after China stock market’s 2015 gains wiped out

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posted by,chris August 24, 2015 Tagged With: China, economy, measures, Shanghai Composite, world

Asian, European stock markets down sharply after China loses all 2015 gains.

China’s stock markets suffered their sharpest daily fall since the global financial crisis on Monday, with the government withholding support at a time when investors world-wide have been rattled by volatile selling in China and a slowdown in its economy.

The Shanghai Composite Index’s loss of 8.5 percent by Monday’s close was its largest daily percentage decline since February 2007. Today’s performance reminded investors of an 8.5 percent drop on July 27, when worries mounted that authorities were pulling back on measures to prop up the market.

Monday’s performance erased Shanghai’s gains for the year, reverberated across Asia and weighed on global markets at an inopportune time for China. Next week, it will host world leaders for a memorial parade meant to show off its military power and increasing clout on the global stage. In addition, Chinese President Xi Jinping is slated to visit the U.S. next month. But a global selloff was already gathering pace by late afternoon in Asia, with European stocks and U.S. stock futures falling sharply.

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At the heart of the selloff is the concern that the once-high-flying Chinese economy may be slowing down dramatically, which has triggered steep losses in global stock markets, commodities and emerging markets. China’s surprise move to devalue its yuan two weeks ago—which could make its exports more competitive—and a string of weak data signal the economy may be feebler than expected, despite a campaign to rev up growth including interest rate cuts and measures to boost lending.

The Shanghai Composite closed Monday at 3209.91, bringing its losses since its mid-June peak to nearly 38 percent. At that point, the index had doubled in value over the preceding 12 months. The smaller Shenzhen market fell 7.7 percent to 1882.46, putting it down 40 percent from its June peak. Both indexes breached a previous bottom in early July, after the government had stepped in with massive intervention measures to stem selling.

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Black Monday: China Stocks Lead Global Collapse
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by Breitbart News24 Aug 20150

From David Scutt writing at Businesss Insider:

The global market crash continued on Monday, starting with China and then continuing around the world.

Fresh from being slammed by more than 4% on Friday, a sell-off that took weekly losses to more than 10%, Chinese stocks were hammered yet again on Monday.

At the close the benchmark Shanghai Composite index fell 8.492% to 3,209.91, taking its losses from the multiyear peak of 5,178.2 hit on June 12 to 38%.

The Chinese media is dubbing the collapse “Black Monday.”

Other markets in Asia also got hammered, with Hong Kong and Japan both falling 5%. Europe markets continued the rout, with most major indices down 2%-3% in early trading. And US DOW futures were down more than 400 points three hours before the market open.