Shanghai stocks tumble, other Asian stocks clam

KEEPING SCORE: China’s Shanghai Composite Index sank 2 per cent to 3,359.92 … U.S. crude fell 11 cents to $57.91 per barrel on New York Mercantile Exchange. On Wednesday, the contract rose $1.19, or 2.1 per cent , to $58.02 a barrel.
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