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China blue chips fall to 14-month low on tech selloff

Global Published 13 October 2026, 11:29 · archived 13 Oct 2026

HONG KONG: China and Hong Kong stocks fell on Tuesday as a selloff in AI-related shares swept across Asia, pushing China’s blue-chip index to its lowest in more than a year. At the midday break, the blue-chip CSI300 Index was down 0.6%, hitting its weakest level since August 2025, while the Shanghai Composite Index was down 0.3% at 3,787.16, a three-month low. Shanghai’s tech-focused STAR50 Index fell as much as 3.6% before recouping some losses to trade 0.7% lower, while the start-up board ChiNext Composite Index slipped 0.1%. The CSI AI Index dropped 0.9% to a six-month low, and the CSI Semi...

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