MSCI says it won't add A shares to Emerging Markets Index

Hopes for inbound liquidity wave dashed by firm's announcement

Investors in Chinese stocks got a bit of a letdown on Wednesday after index provider MSCI Inc said it wouldn't include A shares in its Emerging Markets Index this year.

A shares "will remain on the review list as part of the 2015 Annual Market Classification Review", the index provider said in a statement.