Den Intraday-Chart des China-Aktienindex SSE hatte ich bereits in # 788 gepostet.
Ursache des 7,7-Prozent-Absackers - der stärkste Einbruch am chinesischen Aktienmarkt seit sechs Jahren - ist eine gezielte Bremsung der grassierenden Spekulationswut im Aktien- und Immobiliensektor durch Chinas Regulatoren.
Den Zentralplanern ist der irrationale spekulative Überschwang in ihren Provinzen schon länger ein Dorn im Auge. Nachdem einige chinesische Broker Margin-Regeln verletzt hatten, wurde deren Einhaltung zwangsweise von oben verordnet. In der Folge brachen heute Nacht die Kurse vieler chinesischer Finanzaktien um bis -10 % ein. Ab 10 % Minus greift eine automatische Kursabsackbegrenzung ("trading curb").
Auch in Hongkong fielen Aktien stark. Einzelne Finanzaktien gaben dort sogar um -16,5 % und mehr ab, weil es in Hongkong keine automatischen Handelsaussetzungen (nach -10 % Kursverlust) zu geben scheint.
Vor dem Platzen der China-Blase warnen Bärenthreadposter seit einem Jahr.
www.marketwatch.com/story/...egulator-crackdown-on-margins-2015-01-19HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Chinese stocks dived the most in over six years Monday, with a wide sell-off sweeping across the financial sector as investors turned jittery over the latest move by securities regulators to clean up the margin-trading business.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, -7.70% plunged 7.7% to close at 3,116.35, posting its
biggest daily percentage decline since June 2008. Prior to Monday’s heavy loss, the index was up 4.4% for the month to date, extending gains after finishing 2014 with a sharp 53% advance.
The plunge in mainland China helped to push Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index HSI, -1.51% down 1.5%, with the Hang Seng China Enterprises — which tracks Hong Kong-listed mainland Chinese companies — off 5%.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission, the nation’s top market watchdog, announced Friday that a dozen brokerage firms had been punished for violations of margin-trading rules after a two-week overhaul. Infractions included allowing customers to delay margin repayments by longer than currently allowed.
The three most severely punished brokers were Citic Securities Co., Haitong Securities Co. and a unit of Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd., which were all banned from opening new customer accounts for three months.
The A-shares of both Citic Securities 600030, -1.53% 6030, -16.46% which is owned by financial giant Citic Group, and Haitong Securities
600837, -0.29% 6837, -16.52%
were suspended from trading after falling limit-down by 10%.Other financial stocks, including banks and insurances, were also under heavy selling pressure in Shanghai.
China Citic Bank Corporation Ltd 601998, -10.03% , another listed subsidiary of Citic Group, Bank of China Ltd. 601988, -10.04% 3988, -5.86% BACHY, -0.21% Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. 601398, -9.90% 1398, -4.05% IDCBF, +0.14% and Agricultural Bank of China Ltd.
601288, -9.90% 1288, -4.30% ACGBF, +11.34%
all hit the 10% daily price-drop limit.
Among major insurers, China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. 601628, -10.00% 2628, -6.77% LFC, +0.26% and Ping An Insurance Group Co.
601318, -10.00% 2318, -8.04% PNGAY, +2.08% likewise saw their A-shares suspended after their price falls exceeded the daily limit.
The Chinese financial sector in Hong Kong market didn’t escape the sharp sell-off either. Major underperformers included Haitong Securities (down 16.5%), Citic Securities (down 16.5%), Shenyin Wanguo HK Ltd. 0218, -14.59% (down 15%), and China Galaxy Securities Co. 6881, -13.20% (down 13.2%)..
Also affecting sentiment was a fresh fall in home prices across China’s major cities.Among the Shanghai-listed shares of top mainland Chinese developers, both Gemdale Corp. 600383, -10.01% and Poly Real Estate Group Co. 600048, -10.03% gave up 10%.
Among the real-estate names listed in Hong Kong, China Vanke Co. 2202, -6.29% retreated 6.3%, China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. 0688, -3.46% CAOVF, -2.22% lost 3.5%, and China Resources Land Ltd. 1109, -3.14% CRBJF, +9.79% dropped 3.1%....