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Slower loan growth drive Shanghai index down
By Feng Jianmin |
June 13, 2011, Monday
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SHANGHAI'S key stock index dipped on liquidity concerns after China's central bank said new loans shrank in May and the cost of borrowing was rising.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.18 percent to 2,700.38 points. Turnover fell to 74 billion yuan (US$11.4 billion).
China's central bank said today that new yuan loans in May was 551.6 billion yuan, 100.5 billion yuan less than the last year. The weighted average inter-bank interest rate was 2.93 percent, 0.77 percentage point higher from last month.
A bunch of economic data, including inflation, investment and consumption figures, is due to release tomorrow. A China International Capital Corp report estimated that Consumer Price Index, a main measure for inflation, would rise 5.6 percent from a year earlier in May. It said that CPI growth may hit 6 percent in June.
Banks rebounded in the afternoon, lifting the key index from a loss of as much as 1.3 percent in the morning session. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China jumped 2.3 percent to 4.52 yuan. Agricultural Bank of China was unchanged at 2.73 yuan..
Gold miners were weak after gold bullion price fell to US$1,530 per ounce. Shandong Gold Mining Group Co lost 0.7 percent to 45.31 yuan.
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Co, a major dairy firm in China, dropped by the daily limit of 10 percent after a online post accused the company's managers of insider trading.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.18 percent to 2,700.38 points. Turnover fell to 74 billion yuan (US$11.4 billion).
China's central bank said today that new yuan loans in May was 551.6 billion yuan, 100.5 billion yuan less than the last year. The weighted average inter-bank interest rate was 2.93 percent, 0.77 percentage point higher from last month.
A bunch of economic data, including inflation, investment and consumption figures, is due to release tomorrow. A China International Capital Corp report estimated that Consumer Price Index, a main measure for inflation, would rise 5.6 percent from a year earlier in May. It said that CPI growth may hit 6 percent in June.
Banks rebounded in the afternoon, lifting the key index from a loss of as much as 1.3 percent in the morning session. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China jumped 2.3 percent to 4.52 yuan. Agricultural Bank of China was unchanged at 2.73 yuan..
Gold miners were weak after gold bullion price fell to US$1,530 per ounce. Shandong Gold Mining Group Co lost 0.7 percent to 45.31 yuan.
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Co, a major dairy firm in China, dropped by the daily limit of 10 percent after a online post accused the company's managers of insider trading.
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