Friday, January 9, 2009

Chinese shares open lower than 1,900 points

BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Chinese media) -- Chinese shares opened slightly down on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, down 1.76 percent to 1,890.24 at the opening.



The smaller Shenzhen index was down 1.87 percent to open at 6,600.04 points.

On Wednesday, a warning from tech giant Intel about poor business conditions and more evidence of rising unemployment left U.S. stocks with their biggest losses in a month.

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