Chinese shares drop on trading tax hike
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Chinese stocks fell Thursday for a second straight day after the government raised a tax on trading in an effort to cool a market boom amid fears of a price bubble.
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Beijing tax increase initially sent markets lower.
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U.S. stock futures slid on Thursday,  pointing to a slightly lower market open, with Wall Street  looking poised for a pull-back, while China's interest rate  hike added concerns that global economic growth may slow.
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Chinese stocks dropped Friday for a second time in three days following government efforts to cool a sizzling market that economists worry may be creating a price bubble.
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SHANGHAI, China -- Chinese stocks tumbled Thursday on waning confidence in the bull market amid worries about government steps to cool the market and that a slew of new share listings might drive prices lower.
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The FTSE 100 shed 60 points by mid-session trade on Wednesday due to renewed concerns of a global sell-off after a move by China to cool its overheated stock market.
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China&#39;s share prices fell sharply early Wednesday after authorities made another attempt to rein in the nation&#39;s booming stock markets by imposing higher taxes on trading.
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China shares may decline after the government took over Hantang Securities Co. and three brokerages controlled by failed investment company Xinjiang D&#39;Long Group Co.
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China's surprise interest rate rise  weighed down Asian stocks on Friday as investors sold shares of  miners, shippers and other firms whose fortunes have been  closely linked to the country's rapid growth.
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SINGAPORE: Shares in Chinese stocks listed in Singapore fell yesterday, as the stock exchange moved to limit fallout from the collapse of oil trader China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp.
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Treasury prices sank on Friday as reports the Chinese authorities might be shedding some of their US debt holdings sparked fears of broader selling from Asian central banks.
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China&#39;s surprise decision to raise interest rates to cool its economy pulled the rug out from under Australia&#39;s high-flying resource sector on Friday, dragging the local sharemarket down from record highs.
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Investor's Business Daily - Chinese officials on Wednesday debated a plan that gives China&#39;s State Council the power to cut or cancel its tax on bank deposit interest. The 20% tax was imposed in November 1999 to boost spending after the Asian financial crisis.
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Stock index futures indicated a weaker market open on Friday, with the technology sector seen hit by results, while China increased interest rates in the latest of a series of tightening steps.
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Australia&#39;s stock index fell for the first day in 10. BHP Billiton led mining companies lower on concerns demand for commodities will drop after the Chinese government signaled it would cut spending to slow growth.
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China's main stock index tumbled 8.3 percent on Monday in its second biggest drop this decade, extending big losses suffered last week after the government hiked the share trading tax to cool a bull run.
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Chinese stocks plunged Monday following government efforts to cool a market boom, recording their biggest one-day drop since a late February drop that triggered a global market sell-off.