Chinese shares continue to fall Tuesday

BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks registered a nearly across-index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">The-board slump Tuesday with media and hotel sectors leading index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">The losses.

index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">The benchmark index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">Shanghai Composite index.html" target="_blank">index fell 1.51 percent to close at 2,997.1. index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">The Shenzhen Component index.html" target="_blank">index was down 1.95 percent to stand at 9,513.

Combined trading volume on index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">The two index.html" target="_blank">indexes decreased to 768.3 billion yuan (around 114.6 billion U.S. dollars), from 819.4 billion yuan index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">The previous trading day.

Most stocks fell, with losers outnumbering gainers by 1,231 to 205 on index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">The index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">Shanghai bourse, and 1,797 to 300 in Shenzhen.

index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">The media sector led index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">The declines, with index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">The sub-index.html" target="_blank">index for index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">The board down 4.88 percent. Huayi Broindex.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">Thers Media Corporation shares dropped 4.66 percent to close at 5.32 yuan apiece.

Hotel stocks also posted significant losses, with index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">Shanghai Jinjiang International Hotels Development Co., Ltd. declining 2.38 percent to 27.02 yuan per share.

index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">The ChiNext index.html" target="_blank">index, China's NASDAQ-style board, lost 2.32 percent to close at 1,630.19.