STI proves resilient amid selloff in China
Index down just 0.13% compared with Shenzhen Index's 5% and Shanghai Composite's 2.5%
THE Straits Times Index on Monday proved resilient when it fell only 3.94 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 2,952.19 in the face of heavy selling in China where the Shanghai Composite plunged 2.5 per cent after regulators moved to curb insurance companies' stockmarket activities.
Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index lost 1.4 per cent while the Shenzhen Index crashed almost 5 per cent.
Wire reports also attributed the pressure in China to concerns over the country's property market. Whatever the case, the STI spent virtually the whole session in the red though at its worst the index lost only about 19 points before a last-minute push enabled it to close with just a minimal loss.
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