中国股市严重受挫

The Shanghai Composite fell 2.8%, depressed by falling shares in Chinese coal and steel companies.

近日，由于中国煤钢企业股价下跌，上证中和指数下跌了2.8%。

Weak commodity prices hit shares including Shaanxi Coal, down 6% and Wuhan Iron & Steel, down almost 5%.

大宗商品交易价格疲软使得各企业受到严重打击，陕西煤炭股价下跌了6%，武汉钢铁股价下跌了大约5%。

The fall in mainland shares hit Hong Kong’s market. The Hang Seng index fell 1.7% - the fifth consecutive session of losses.

中国大陆的股价下跌也影响到了香港的股市。香港恒生指数下跌了1.7%，连续5期亏损。

Investors were also cautious before a closely-watched report on the US labour market due later on Friday.

上周五晚些时候，美国发布了劳动力市场分析报告，在这之前投资者一直保持审慎态度。

In Japan the Nikkei 225 index closed down 0.3% following a three-day national holiday.

在日本，日经综合指数以0.3%的跌幅收盘，而之后是三天全国性的假期。

Shares in troubled airbag maker Takata tumbled 8.6% after US regulators ordered it to expand recalls of faulty airbags.

美国政府此前曾下令扩大安全事故气囊的召回，这使得日本气囊制造商高田陷入了严重困境，高田公司的股票狂跌8.6%。

In Australia shares recovered from early losses, the S&P ASX 200 closed 0.25% higher at 5,292.

在澳大利亚，股价从早些时间的亏损中恢复了过来，标准普尔ASX200收盘于5292点，张福达到0.25%。

Macquarie closed 0.3% lower after the lender posted a record annual net profit of A$2.06bn ($1.54bn; ?1.06bn) for the year to the end of March.

但是尽管贷款人发布了一份破纪录的年度净利润报告，指出从去年到今年3月底，年度净利润达到了20.6以澳元（约合15.4亿美元，10.6亿英镑），但是麦夸里的股票还是下跌了0.3%。

Macquarie said the earnings growth was driven by its wealth management and retail banking operations.

麦夸里表示，财富管理和零售银行业是其收入增长的主要原因。

Markets in South Korea are shut for a long weekend and trading there will resume on Monday.

韩国在周末关闭了股票市场，要等到周一的时候才会恢复交易。