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Banks and property developers underperformed after Friday's decision by China's central bank to raise lenders' reserve-requirement ratio by another 0.5 percentage point.

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But Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index edged down 0.1% to 22496.00, moving into negative territory in the final hour of trading after the People's Bank of China announced another increase to banks' reserve-requirement ratio.

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The People's Bank of China said Friday it would lift the reserve-requirement ratio — the share of deposits that banks must keep on reserve — by half a percentage point.

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Analysts estimate the bank's reserve-requirement increases to date will take 22.5 billion lira $14.2 billion out of the system, but that meeting its target cap on loan growth of 25% this year will require taking out 36 billion lira.

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ICBC President Yang Kaisheng said at a news conference that every 0.5 percentage point increase in banks' reserve-requirement ratio could reduce ICBC's interest income by 700 million yuan.

ICBC Profit Rises 28% 2011

The reserve-requirement increase hit shares of property developers, which may have more trouble funding their projects.

Asia Shares Down in Subdued Trading Colin Ng 2011

Mark Williams, an economist at research firm Capital Economics, said the People's Bank of China's repeated use of the reserve-requirement ratio, instead of more aggressive interest rate rises, "in part reflects fears that interest rate increases would attract more hot money."

Hu Takes Confident Tone on Inflation Owen Fletcher 2011

China's official reserve-requirement ratio for most banks will be 19% after the latest increase takes effect, based on the PBOC's announcements.

Hu Takes Confident Tone on Inflation Owen Fletcher 2011

But construction machinery makers linked to Chinese demand were lower, dragged by Beijing's reserve-requirement increase; Komatsu was down 0.4% and Hitachi Construction shed 0.5%.

Asia Shares Down in Subdued Trading Colin Ng 2011

The measures include successive increases in banks' reserve-requirement ratios, multiple interest-rate increases, stricter capital rules, more frequent stress tests on the potential impact of falling property prices and a crackdown on gray-market financing from trust companies.

ICBC Profit Rises 28% 2011