Chinese stock market enters bear territory! CSI 300 index crashes 20% from June peak

The CSI 300 index, a benchmark of the largest listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges, has fallen roughly 20% from its June peak, meeting the conventional threshold for a bear market. The decline transmits primarily through domestic risk appetite and wealth effects, as falling equity valuations weaken household sentiment and reduce the collateral value that supports margin lending and corporate financing. Large-cap Chinese equities and mainland-listed financials and property developers are most exposed, given their heavy weighting in the index and their sensitivity to domestic liquidity conditions, while offshore-listed Chinese shares may diverge depending on currency and capital-flow dynamics. Traders will watch the next monthly credit data release from the People's Bank of China, particularly new yuan loans and total social financing, for signs of whether policy support is being deployed to stabilize the market.

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