A-share outlook

Yu Dingheng, a fund manager at Yihu Investment, believes the market hasn't bottomed out yet. Industry inventory is piling up and overseas demand may narrow on Europe's debt crisis – forcing companies to drop prices, hurting margins. Unless Beijing loosens the screw on tightening measures in property and lending, there is little to feel upbeat about, he warned.

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