Shanghai Composite Index

Chinese stocks plunged on Thursday, forcing regulators to call another time-out and institute a second circuit breaker in as many days. That is, before the regulators said they are now suspending the circuit breaker system. The Shanghai Composite index closed 7 percent lower, causing a ripple...

After suffering significant declines on Monday, the Shanghai Composite Index again opened drastically lower Tuesday. However, by the end of closing Monday, the market recovered and ended the day down 1.68 percent. CNBC's Jim Cramer was recently seen discussing how the Chinese government might...

Chinese stocks just experienced the worst single day of declines in more than eight years. Shares traded on the Shanghai Composite Index fell more than 8.5 percent, the result, according to some reports, of brokerages tightening margin requirements. Many of the companies on the Shanghai...

The Chinese Communist Party has taken aggressive measures to combat its decline in the nation's stock market, which had shed about a third of its value in less than a month. First, the country's government attempted to stem capital flight by freezing the holdings of any shareholder with over a 5...

After falling significantly last week, the Shanghai Composite Index again fell 5.90 percent Wednesday. Taking into account this recent move, the index is down more than 30 percent from its mid-June peak. However, it is still up more than 8 percent year-to-date. Russ Koesterich, chief investment...

The China Securities Regulatory Commission will meet on Monday to discuss a move to suspend initial public offerings in order to stabilize the nation's falling stock markets, according to sources cited by Bloomberg. The decision to halt new IPO listings would mark the ninth time the...

On Monday, China's Shanghai Composite Index plunged 7.7 percent, losing all the gains it made since late December, the largest daily drop in over six years. China's Securities Regulatory Commission stopped three large brokerages from extending margin accounts to new clients for three...

China's manufacturing sector showed signs of slowing again in June as two key measures of manufacturing output fell to four- and nine-month lows respectively in the country that accounted for nearly 38 percent of world GDP growth and 21.8 percent of emerging market growth in 2012. Manufacturing...

Futures Drop On China Fears, Easing Doubts As Chinese Stocks Plummet U.S. equity futures declined in early pre-market trade Monday on continued fears surrounding the Chinese economy. The People's Bank of China issued a statement attempting to reassure markets of the state of the Chinese economy...

China reported late Thursday that the economy expanded at a faster rate than expected in the fourth quarter, positive signs for both the domestic and world economy. The National Bureau of Statistics in China reported that the economy grew at an annualized rate of 7.9 percent in the fourth quarter,...