(Yicai Global) May 9 -- Stock markets on the Chinese mainland ended the morning session in a deficit today as uncertainty over US-China trade talks kept potential buyers at bay.

The Shanghai Composite Index was down 1.35 percent at 2,854.71 going into the lunch break, its lowest point since Jan. 25, while the Shenzhen Component Index slipped 1.35 percent to 8,881.22. The ChiNext Price Index, which tracks growth enterprises listed in Shenzhen, closed 0.64 percent lower at 1,472.35.

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