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              China's Stock Markets Close for Day After Sharp Fall

   by VOA News

   Chinese stocks plummeted nearly seven percent Monday - the first day of
   trading for the new year - prompting a halt to trading for the day on
   the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges.

   Poor manufacturing data in the world's second-largest economy is mainly
   being blamed for the sharp selloff, along with rising tensions in the
   Middle East.

   Japan's Nikkei index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng were also down about 3
   percent in Monday trading.
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