China shares slip from 4-mth highs, but still post 3rd weekly gain

HONG KONG | Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:03am EST

The CSI300 of the top Shanghai and Shenzhen closed down 0.5 percent on Friday, but rose 0.7 percent on the week to 2,372 points. The Shanghai Composite Index shed 0.7 percent on Friday but inched up 0.1 percent this week.

Both indexes have had gains for three straight weeks. (Reporting by Clement Tan; Editing by Richard Borsuk)

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