【英语财经】周一中国股市再次遭受重创 China stocks take another steep dive

Chinese equities were walloped on Monday as smaller stocks fell nearly 7 per cent following some mixed data on the economy.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite shed 2.7 per cent and the tech-heavy Shenzhen Composite fell 6.7 per cent. For both indices this was the worst session since August 25.

Losses were even steeper in late afternoon trading but in the final 40 minutes larger stocks staged a rally, led by financials. The top 50 stocks in Shanghai managed to finish the day with a 1.5 per cent gain, swinging up 4.2 per cent in late trading. The CSI 500, a collection of smaller cap stocks, finished the day down 6.6 per cent.

There was huge variance between sectors: financials rose 0.1 per cent — the only sector to gain — while consumer discretionary stocks fell 6.9 per cent and IT stocks tumbled 8.7 per cent.

Of the 1,114 stocks in Shanghai, only 73 rose. These included ICBC, the world's biggest bank by assets, and other state-backed banks including Bank of China and China Communications Construction. By contrast, more than 440 fell between 9.9 per cent and 10 per cent, the downward daily limit.

周一，中国股市遭受重创，中小市值股票下跌近7%。

基准的上证综指下挫2.7%，科技股云集的深证综指下挫6.7%。对这两个指数而言，今日的表现都是8月25日以来最差的。

在午盘后段，跌幅原本比这还要大，但在收盘前40分钟，大中市值股票开始上演反弹，领跑的是金融股。上证50指数在尾盘交易中从低点反弹4.2%，最后成功收涨1.5%。成份股为中小市值股票的中证500指数，则收跌6.8%。

各板块的表现差异巨大：金融板块上涨0.1%，是唯一上涨的板块，非必需消费品板块下跌6.9%，IT板块下跌8.7%。

沪市1114只股票中，只有73只上涨，其中包括以资产计全球最大的银行中国工商银行(ICBC)，以及中国交通银行(Bank of Communications)和中国建设银行(CCB)等其他国有银行。相比之下，有逾440只股票下跌了9.9%至10%。

译者/何黎