Bird flu fears see stocks hit lowest level in 2013
By Xie Yu in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2013-04-09 05:47
A man at a brokerage in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. The Shanghai Composite Index closed at 2,211.59 on Monday, down by 0.62 percent. Liu Yifan / For China Daily |
Despite a late-afternoon rally, Chinese stocks slumped to their lowest level in 2013 on Monday, with sectors such as aviation and hospitality hit hardest by the bird flu scare.
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