Tag: South Korea's Kospi index

• Thursday, July 9th 2015 - 05:58 UTC

  China markets' volatility slide spreading to the rest of Asia

  

  Mainland Chinese shares continued to head lower on Thursday, leading the rest of Asia down as concerns over the market's steep slide spread. The benchmark Shanghai Composite was down 3.6% to 3,380.31 points despite aggressive measures by regulators such as banning big investors from selling stocks to boost the flagging market.

• Wednesday, July 8th 2015 - 09:08 UTC

  Chinese markets' volatility edging 'panic sentiment', admit regulators

  

  Mainland Chinese shares continued to slide on Wednesday, falling more than 8% on opening. The slump came despite more moves by China's regulators to try and stabilize the recently volatile market.