BCN-26 Hong Kong stocks end week on a low note

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Hong Kong stocks end week on a low note

HONG KONG, April 18, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Hong Kong stocks ended the week down
Thursday, in line with an Asia-wide retreat and following losses on Wall
Street, as investors wound down for a long Easter weekend.

But Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 0.54 percent, or 161.42 points to
29,963.26.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.40 percent, or 12.92 points,
to 3,250.20 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s
second exchange, slipped 0.59 percent, or 10.41 points, to 1,762.30.

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