Markets

China's stocks fall Friday

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-06-18 16:50

Chinese equities fell for the second consecutive trading day on Friday led by a slump of health-care shares on profit taking.

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The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 1.84 percent to close at 2,513.22.

The Shenzhen Component Index went down 1.93 percent to end at 9,966.54.

Total turnover expanded to 145.93 billion yuan ($21.37 billion) from 126.96 billion yuan on the previous trading day.

Losers outnumbered gainers by 800 to 61 in Shanghai and 912 to 51 in Shenzhen.