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Urgent: China stocks dive on Friday

Xinhua, August 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

China stocks tumbled on Friday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropping 4.27 percent to close at 3507.74 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index dived 5.42 percent to close at 11,902.05. The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, slumped 6.65 percent to end at 2,341.95. Enditem