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Hong Kong stocks close lower
HONG KONG, Feb 28, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Hong Kong stocks closed lower Thursday
on tempered optimism over the China-US trade talks and as the nuclear summit
between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un ended abruptly.
The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong fell 0.43 percent, or 124.26 points, to
28,633.18.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.44 percent, or 12.87 points,
to 2,940.95 but the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s
second exchange, added 0.35 percent, or 5.41 points, to 1,546.33.
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