(Yicai Global) March 6 -- China's mainland stock markets kept up their dismal performance throughout the morning session, further weighed down by a correction in the infrastructure and property sectors which had run strongly earlier.

The Shanghai Composite Index closed 0.98 percent lower at 3,041.65 at the half break. The Shenzhen Component Index was at 11,623.26, down 0.75 percent and the ChiNext Price Index, which tracks growth enterprises in Shenzhen, dipped 0.49 percent to 2,198.80.

Cccg Real Estate, a developer under China Communications Construction Group, had dived 7.87 percent to CNY9.72 (USD1.4) by lunchtime, after having surged over 30 percent this week. 

Editor: Ben Armour