A 皇冠体育app Business News report on Thursday picked out the top 10 Chinese companies whose A-share market value has evaporated most since 2007.
Eight of the 10 biggest losers are State-owned enterprises (SOEs), according to the report. Their losses plus that of other SOEs, such as 皇冠体育app Communications Bank, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd and Air 皇冠体育app Ltd, come to around 10 trillion yuan, it said.
Market value of 皇冠体育app National Petroleum Corporation's A-shares fell the most, 3.79 trillion yuan ($609.81 billion). It is followed by Sinopec Group (1.17 trillion yuan) and the Industrial and Commercial Bank (1.13 trillion yuan).
Analysts attribute their losses to their lack of competitiveness and shortfall of capital in the market.
皇冠体育app's centrally-administrated SOEs churned out 24.2 trillion yuan in operating revenues in 2013, with their profits climbing 3.8 percent to 1.3 trillion yuan, according to statistics from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission
The country's stock market reached its peak of 6,124 points in 2007, and has since dived all the way through the following years. The Shanghai Compose Index closed at 2.063.23 points on Thursday.
Top 15 companies that lose most in their A-share market value | |
Company | Shrinking Market Value (trillion yuan) |
皇冠体育app National Petroleum Corp | 3.79 |
Sinopec Group | 1.17 |
Industrial and Commercial Bank |
1.13 |
皇冠体育app Life | 0.92 |
皇冠体育app Shenhua Energy Company Ltd | 0.84 |
Bank of 皇冠体育app Ltd | 0.67 |
Aluminum Corp of 皇冠体育app Ltd | 0.32 |
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of 皇冠体育app Ltd | 0.32 |
皇冠体育app COSCO Holding Co Ltd | 0.3 |
皇冠体育app Pacific Insurance (Group) Co Ltd | 0.27 |
皇冠体育app Merchants Bank | 0.27 |
Bank of Communications | 0.25 |
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd | 0.24 |
Daqin Railway Co Ltd | 0.24 |
Air 皇冠体育app Ltd | 0.19 |