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SHANGHAI, April 19 (Reuters) - Chinese shares tumbled on Thursday on worries that Beijing would raise interest rates to cool China's fast-growing economy.
The Shanghai Composite Index extended its morning losses, falling 5 percent by late afternoon trade in heavy turnover.
Traders noted concerns among investors that China's macroeconomic data for March might show an overheating economy and prompt the central bank to hike interest rates.
China's consumer prices rose 2.7 percent from a year earlier in the first quarter, the Hunan province office of the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday in a statement published on the agency's Web site.
The consumer price index was up an annual 2.7 percent in February and 2.2 percent in January.
The Shanghai Composite Index extended its morning losses, falling 5 percent by late afternoon trade in heavy turnover.
Traders noted concerns among investors that China's macroeconomic data for March might show an overheating economy and prompt the central bank to hike interest rates.
China's consumer prices rose 2.7 percent from a year earlier in the first quarter, the Hunan province office of the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday in a statement published on the agency's Web site.
The consumer price index was up an annual 2.7 percent in February and 2.2 percent in January.