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Article: 1st Ld-Writethru: China shares down 0.52 pct amid thin trading
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 12, 2008
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1st Ld-Writethru: China shares down 0.52 pct amid thin trading
BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares fell 0.52 percent on
Tuesday, trailing the downward trend of the previous two trading
days, amid thin trading volume.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.52 percent, or
12.88 points, to end at 2,457.2. The Shenzhen Component Index closed
at 8,192.8 points, up 22.65 points, or 0.28 percent.
Aggregate turnover on the two bourses sharply shrank to 48.22
billion yuan (7.02 billion U.S. dollars) from 69.77 billion yuan the
previous trading day. Losses outnumbered gains by 552 to 304 in
Shanghai and 422 to 285 in Shenzhen.
The Shanghai Composite Index opened at 2445.22 points ...