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  • Pakistani stockbrokers talk on phones as they watch share prices on a monitor. The Karachi Stock Exchange declined 4 per cent to close at 33,117.53 points on Monday. Rizwan Tabassum / AFP
    Pakistani stockbrokers talk on phones as they watch share prices on a monitor. The Karachi Stock Exchange declined 4 per cent to close at 33,117.53 points on Monday. Rizwan Tabassum / AFP
  • Pedestrians walk past an electronic board displaying the Hang Seng Index, which eventually closed down 5.17 per cent on Monday and its seventh day of losses. Philippe Lopez / AFP
    Pedestrians walk past an electronic board displaying the Hang Seng Index, which eventually closed down 5.17 per cent on Monday and its seventh day of losses. Philippe Lopez / AFP
  • Investors look at computer screens showing stock information at a brokerage in Shanghai. The Shanghai index on Monyda posted its biggest one-day percentage loss since 2007. Aly Song / Reuters
    Investors look at computer screens showing stock information at a brokerage in Shanghai. The Shanghai index on Monyda posted its biggest one-day percentage loss since 2007. Aly Song / Reuters
  • Thai investors monitor trading in Bangkok. The Thai SET index closed down 3.8 per cent on Monday, an 18-month year low. Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters
    Thai investors monitor trading in Bangkok. The Thai SET index closed down 3.8 per cent on Monday, an 18-month year low. Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters
  • In Malaysia, The Kuala Lumpur composite index slipped 1.8 per cent to 1,546.76, an over three-year low. Fazry Ismail / EPA
    In Malaysia, The Kuala Lumpur composite index slipped 1.8 per cent to 1,546.76, an over three-year low. Fazry Ismail / EPA
  • The Philippine Stock Exchange halted trading on Monday because of a technical glitch, but was not enough to cushion a 6.7 per cent decline in the PSE Index to 6,971.01 at the close. Noel Celis / AFP
    The Philippine Stock Exchange halted trading on Monday because of a technical glitch, but was not enough to cushion a 6.7 per cent decline in the PSE Index to 6,971.01 at the close. Noel Celis / AFP
  • An investor checks prices at a brokerage house in Anhui province. China’s benchmark index plunged 8.4 per cent on Monday, the biggest single-day loss in eight years. An Ming / EPA
    An investor checks prices at a brokerage house in Anhui province. China’s benchmark index plunged 8.4 per cent on Monday, the biggest single-day loss in eight years. An Ming / EPA
  • In Taiwan, shares fell 4.8 per cent on Monday at close. The sell-off prompted an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss possible government intervention to prop up the market. Pichi Chuang / Reuters
    In Taiwan, shares fell 4.8 per cent on Monday at close. The sell-off prompted an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss possible government intervention to prop up the market. Pichi Chuang / Reuters
  • A Japanese investor monitors Asian stocks at an electronic board in Tokyo. Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
    A Japanese investor monitors Asian stocks at an electronic board in Tokyo. Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
  • Australian equities meanwhile lost as much as $60 billion in value on Monday, weighed down by a crash in Chinese stocks. Dan Himbrechts / EPA
    Australian equities meanwhile lost as much as $60 billion in value on Monday, weighed down by a crash in Chinese stocks. Dan Himbrechts / EPA
  • Tokyo's benchmark stock index Nikkei 225 dropped more than 4 per cent to finish at a six-month low of 18,540.68 on Monday. Toru Hanai / Reuters
    Tokyo's benchmark stock index Nikkei 225 dropped more than 4 per cent to finish at a six-month low of 18,540.68 on Monday. Toru Hanai / Reuters
  • A stock investor walks by a screen at a brokerage house in Anhui province. China’s benchmark index plunged 8.49 per cent on Monday, the sharpest daily decline since February 27, 2007. Woo He /EPA
    A stock investor walks by a screen at a brokerage house in Anhui province. China’s benchmark index plunged 8.49 per cent on Monday, the sharpest daily decline since February 27, 2007. Woo He /EPA

China leads Asian stock market rout – in pictures

Liz Claus

August 24, 2015

Asian stocks plummeted to fresh lows on Monday, shaken by a continuing sell-off in Chinese equities as disappointed investors headed for the exit after Beijing’s failure to announce expected policy support.

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