Friday, December 28, 2018
Shanghai’s Stock Index Ends 2018 As The World’s Biggest Loser
SCMP: Shanghai’s stock index ends 2018 as the world’s biggest loser as trade war, slowing Chinese economy weigh on confidence
Shanghai’s stock benchmark ended 2018 as the world’s worst market performer for a second year, falling 24.6 per cent over 12 months as an unprecedented trade war between China and the United States weighed on the Chinese economy and crimped corporate earnings.
The city’s key stock index closed the year at 2,493.90, while the benchmark on the smaller Shenzhen bourse fell 33.2 per cent during the period to 1,267.87. The combined capitalisation of the two exchanges fell by US$2.4 trillion to 43.3 trillion yuan (US$6.3 trillion) during the year, overtaken by Tokyo as Asia’s largest equity market.
“The stock market is often the barometer of a nation’s economic health, and the weakness in China’s A-share market reflects the serious troubles in the Chinese economy,” said Li Wenhui, an analyst for Huatai United Securities.
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WNU Editor: The media's focus has been on the turbulence of the U.S. markets. But the real damage has been in the Chinese markets. To put it bluntly, this trade war with the U.S. is scaring the political and economic elites in China.
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well i hope the devil is scaring them too i think dont know who god is punk ass nips
Nip is an ethnic slur against people of Japanese descent and origin. The word Nip is an abbreviation from Nippon (日本), the Japanese name for Japan.
It is lovely, when trolls pretending to be what they think of is stereotypical hicks, cannot get racial slurs correct. The term you wanted was chinks. All I can say is that you better erase the sever logs. Someone may find you like a Chinese hacker.
Dec 7th, 1941...Planes from Japan approaching Pearl Harbor...a major asked a soldier on duty how things were going on that cold day... Soldier: there is a nip in the air
There are people buried in the wall. Lots of them. Work on one of the earlier incarnations of the wall made a North Korean Death camp look like a picnic.
trade wars hurt all nations involved
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