Friday, June 22, 2007

China Stocks Tumble on Interest Rate Speculation; ICBC, China Vanke Drop

(Bloomberg) -- China's shares fell the most in
almost three weeks on speculation the government will raise
interest rates to tame a stock-market boom and cool the economy.
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. and China Vanke Co.
paced the decline.

The CSI 300 Index, which tracks yuan-denominated A shares
listed on China's two exchanges, slid 183.80, or 4.4 percent, to
4013.48 as of 2:37 p.m. local time. The measure, which has more
than doubled this year, is down 2.1 percent this week.


Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News

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