The first trading day of 2016 on the Chinese mainland stock market closed earlier than expected, after a 7 percent slump triggered the newly-introduced circuit breaker mechanism, bringing trading to a halt. The sharp falls in China have been blamed on the contraction of the country's manufacturing sector.Globally, Wall Street continued the trend, with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 closing down more than 1.5 percent, and Nasdaq down 2 percent.Other Asian markets also fell, while in Europe, the FTSE 1...
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