Fu Chenghao/Shanghai Daily news
Share prices in Shanghai plunged yesterday amid profit taking in such large
caps as Sinopec and China Unicom.
The Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks
yuan-denominated A shares and foreign-currency B shares, tumbled 2.03 percent to
1,187.99. The A-share Index plummeted 2.04 percent to 1,248.25 while the B-share
Index fell 1.28 percent to 68.35.
Prices have been falling since the
benchmark index closed above the one year moving average 1,220 on
Monday.
"The index met strong resistance at the level and I think it will
take time before it tests this high again," said Lin Xuenong, an investment
manager at Huaxia Securities Co.
China United Telecommunications Corp, which
controls the nation's second-biggest mobile phone operator, dropped 2.63 percent
to 2.59 yuan (32 US cents) after announcing it added 1.2 million subscribers in
August, the lowest number for monthly net additions in more than two
years.
Asia's top oil refiner China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, or
Sinopec, declined 0.11 yuan to 4.08 yuan on concern high crude rates would erode
earnings as the government controls oil prices and affiliated products in the
country.
Lenders also fell, with Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co losing
2.53 percent to 8.49 yuan and China Merchants Bank Co dropping 4.85 percent to
6.47 yuan.