China stock account openings down 18.5%

　　Official data shows that Chinese investors opened 18.5 percent fewer stock trading accounts last week, than the week before. It snaps three straight weeks of gains.

　　The China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation says investors opened around 235-thousand new accounts for trading in local-currency A-shares in the week ended August 6th. That's a drop from 288-thousand new accounts in the previous week.