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Chinese shares close slightly lower; data, earnings eyed
Shanghai Composite closes down 0.14% at 2,858 points (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Shanghai , 12 Aug - Chinese shares closed slightly lower, hovering at near six-month lows in cautious trade after falling over the past weeks on continued growth concerns.
The Shanghai Composite closed down 0.14% at 2,858 points, while the Shenzhen CSI 300 fell 0.17% to 3,325 points.
Both indexes slid about 0.8% last week, posting a third straight weekly loss.
Today the mainland markets underperformed their regional peers on continued growth concerns following a string of weak economic data for July.
Traders now awaited Chinese industrial production and retail sales data due this week.
Investors also braced for a string of key June quarter earnings, with tech giants Tencent Holdings, Alibaba and JD.com due to report this week.
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(RADIOCOR) 12-08-24 11:24:47 (0187) 5 NNNN