A Chinese investor monitors share prices at a securities company in Shanghai November 12, 2003. China's shares closed at a year low on Wednesday, battered by weak sentiment exacerbated by fresh selling in bank stocks on the back of a huge planned bond issue by Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, brokers said. The benchmark Shanghai composite index, grouping hard-currency B shares for foreigners and yuan-denominated A shares, dropped 1.92 percent to 1,317.792 points, the lowest close this year since the 1,319.868 level set on January 3.NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE MRKET REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV CC/DL