The mainland stocks slid 3.76 percent yesterday in their biggest daily percentage drop in more than one month, as worries about first-quarter earnings and a possible slowdown in loan growth from the first quarter's heated pace encouraged profit-taking.

The Shanghai Composite Index ended at a two-week closing low of 2347.385 points.

Turnover in Shanghai A shares was active at 135.3 billion yuan, up from Tuesday's three-week low of 116.4 billion yuan.