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Hong Kong, Shanghai stocks end week with gains
HONG KONG, Jan 18, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Hong Kong stocks finished another
healthy week on a positive note Friday as investors cheered a report that the
US is considering lifting Chinese tariffs in a bid to hammer out a trade deal
between the world’s top two economies.
The Hang Seng Index rose 1.25 percent, or 335.18 points, to end at
27,090.81.
And the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index climbed 1.42 percent, or 36.37
points, to close at 2,596.01, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which
tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, added 0.99 percent, or 13.00
points, to 1,322.14.
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