** Shares of Chinese dairy products and milk powder producer
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co Ltd 600887.SS drop 10%
to 25.88 yuan, lowest since Feb. 2019, in their third straight
session of decline
** Inner Mongolia Yili says its Q3 net profit down 26.5%
year-on-year while revenue up 6.7%
** Tracking slumps in Yili, rival China Mengniu Dairy
2319.HK plunges as much as 10.8% to HK$24.90, lowest since
March 2020
** Mengniu shares on course for biggest daily pct fall since
Dec. 2011 if losses hold;
** Stock biggest pct loser in Hang Seng Commerce & Industry
Index .HSNC and second biggest decliner in Hang Seng Index
.HSI
** The blue-chip CSI 300 Index .CSI300 drops 2.1%, the
Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC loses 1.9%, and consumer
staples .CSICS loses 2.2%
** In Hong Kong, Hang Seng Commerce & Industry Index .HSNC
drops 4.9%, index tracking consumer staples .HSCICS falls 4.6%
** Hang Seng Composite Index .HSCI falls 3.9% and Hang
Seng Index .HSI is down 3.7%
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))