Shanghai skids 5.8%, leads Asian stocks down again

Posted on August 17, 2009 at 05:49 AM EDT

Shanghai stocks drop 5.8% Monday, suffering their biggest percentage drop so far this year, as lower commodity prices, persistent worries over tightening in bank loans and weak economic data crushed investor sentiment.

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