Wednesday, May 30, 2007

China's CSI 300 Drops Mmost in Three Months After Transaction Tax Tripled

(Bloomberg) -- China's stocks tumbled the most in three
months after the government tripled the tax on securities
transactions to cool a rally that's drawing more than 300,000 new
investors a day.

The CSI 300 Index dropped 281.83, or 6.8 percent, to close at
3886.46 in Shanghai. The value of local stocks has more than
doubled this year to $2.47 trillion and brokerage accounts topped
100 million for the first time this week.


Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News

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