THE Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has suspended the stock trading of 45 listed companies based in southwest China's Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality.
"Due to the strong earthquake in Sichuan's Wenchuan County, the exchange could not contact Sichuan and Chongqing companies listed on the SSE," it said in a statement. The companies included the Sichuan Road and Bridge Co, Sichuan Tuopai Yeast Liquor Co and Chongqing Three Gorges Water Conservancy and Electric Power Co. Trading will resume after the exchange contacts the companies. The Shenzhen bourse had announced no suspensions as of 10pm yesterday.