China's Jilin Chem stock trading halted on gas leak reports

13 May 2009 11:20  [Source: ICIS news]

SHANGHAI (ICIS news)--The Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) has suspended the trading of Jilin Chemical Fiber Group's shares on Wednesday following media reports that about a thousand workers were taken ill from a gas leak at one of the chemical producer's plant early this week.

Trading on the company's share will remain halted until Jilin Chemical clarifies the issue, the bourse operator said.

The company could not be reached for comments.

Jilin Chemical an integrated state-owned enterprise producing chemical fiber and yarn.

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