Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Asian shares slide

Asian shares fell on Thursday over worries about China's slowing growth and volatile equities. The mainland's benchmark Shanghai Composite was 1.3% down to 3,751.48 points. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index was also pulled lower, down 1.1% to 22,905.80 points. Japan's Nikkei 225 index was down 0.4% at 20,142.81 points. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 index dropped 1.1% to 5,318.80. In South Korea, the benchmark Kospi index fell 0.5% to 1,930.61 points, according to BBC.



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