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Hong Kong shares down as mainland markets reopen
HONG KONG, Feb 11, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Hong Kong stocks slipped in early
trade Monday as mainland Chinese markets reopened after the Lunar New Year
break, at the start of a week that sees crunch China-US trade talks resume in
Beijing.
The Hang Seng Index fell 0.24 percent, or 67.25 points, to 27,879.07.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index opened down 0.19 percent, or 5.06
points, at 2,613.17, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks
on China’s second exchange, gained 0.22 percent, or 2.82 points, to 1,312.81.
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