Shanghai stocks closed almost eight per cent lower on Monday, the biggest drop in nearly five years, hit by mounting concern over China's coronavirus crisis, which has killed more people than SARS.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index shed 7.72 per cent, or 229.92 points, to 2,746.61 and the Shenzhen Composite Index dropped 8.41 per cent, or 147.81 points, to 1,609.00.
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