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Hong Kong stocks open with losses
HONG KONG, Sept 17, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Hong Kong started on the back foot
Tuesday as investors fretted over geopolitical tensions following the weekend
strike on Saudi oil fields that fuelled concerns of a conflict in the Gulf.
The Hang Seng Index dropped 0.67 percent, or 181.59 points, to 26,942.96.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.23 percent, or 7.04 points,
to 3,023.71 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s
second exchange, was 0.24 percent, or 4.03 points, lower at 1,681.06.
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