China ADRs Slump

"China's drop yesterday shocked risk-money investors, as did the yen's climb," said Mitsushige Akino, who oversees about $468 million in assets at Ichiyoshi Investment Management Co. in Tokyo. "Stocks should fall across the board."

China Mobile's ADRs fell 10 percent to $44.16 in New York. Its Hong Kong-traded stock yesterday slipped 2.9 percent to HK$74.90. ADRs of China Life Insurance Co., the country's biggest life insurer, fell 8.8 percent to $38.48. The stock fell 3.8 percent to HK$21.65 in Hong Kong yesterday and lost 9 percent to 33.89 yuan on the mainland.

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd., the Chinese partner of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, tumbled 12 percent to $24.30 in New York. The stock fell 6.9 percent in Hong Kong yesterday.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index yesterday lost 1.8 percent. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, which tracks the so-called H shares of 37 mainland companies, fell 3.1 percent.

(Photo source:Baidu/China's Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 Index yesterday slumped 9.2 percent, also from a record. It had jumped 13 percent in the previous six sessions.)

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