China’s A-share market closed sharply lower on November 6 after opening with steep losses. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.1%, the Shenzhen Component Index dropped 2.57% and the ChiNext Index declined nearly 4%. At the open, the indexes had fallen 2.11%, 3.72%, 4.99% and 5.33%, respectively, for the Shanghai Composite, Shenzhen Component, ChiNext and STAR Composite indexes. Combined Shanghai-Shenzhen turnover contracted by 460.2 billion yuan to 1.66 trillion yuan, while more than 4,700 stocks declined. Computing-power hardware shares led the selloff, although banks and several rotating themes gained. Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank rose more than 4%; Zhewen Pictures recorded a fifth consecutive limit-up, power stocks including Xinneng Shares and Lixin Energy hit limit-up, and photovoltaic company Yongzhen Shares reached a fourth straight limit-up. The STAR 50 Index pared gains after initially rising.