** "The overnight plunge in the U.S. market dented sentiment in China's A-shares," said Wang Mengying, a stock index futures analyst at Nanhua Futures, adding that investors would continue to focus on domestic COVID-19 outbreaks and anti-virus measures, and the implementation of pro-growth policies. ** New energy shares slumped 2%, automobiles went down 1.6%, and consumer discretionary stocks lost 1.3%.