China, a major consumer of commodities in the world, let the yuan slip, sending regional currencies and stock markets tumbling. The offshore yuan
The FTSE 350 Mining <.FTNMX1770> and Oil and Gas <.FTNMX0530> index fell more than 5 percent to their lowest level in more than 11 years, tracking a 1.1-3.5 percent fall in prices of commodities such as copper, aluminium and crude oil.
Shares in Anglo American (>> Anglo American plc), Glencore (>> Glencore PLC), BHP Billiton (>> BHP Billiton plc), BG Group (>> BG Group plc) and Royal Dutch Shell
The commodity-heavy FTSE 100 index <.FTSE> of Britain's blue-chip companies hit a three-week low and was down 2.9 percent by 0902 GMT.
(Reporting by Atul Prakash; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)