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Chinese stocks dive on Tuesday

Xinhua, August 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese shares nosedived on Tuesday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropping 6.15 percent to close at 3,748.16 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index lost 6.56 percent to close at 12,683.86. The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, slumped 6.08 percent to end at 2,504.17. Enditem