The Zhitong Finance app learned that the stock markets of the two places plummeted, and the Hang Seng Index fell more than 300 points during the intraday period; the Shanghai Index once fell more than 3%, falling below the 3,000 point mark. Affected by market sentiment, Chinese brokerage stocks declined across the board.

As of press release, Guangfa Securities (01776) fell 6% to HK$9.4; Guotai Junan (02611) fell 5.18% to HK$13.54; China Galaxy (06881) fell 4.68% to HK$4.28; Everbright Securities (06178) fell 4.47% to HK$5.99; and China Financial Corporation (03908) fell 3.65% to HK$14.78.