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Hong Kong stocks open lower
HONG KONG, Sept 30, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Hong Kong stocks opened lower on
Monday, extending losses at the end of last week, a day before mass pro-
democracy protests planned in the city on communist China’s 70th anniversary.
The Hang Seng Index fell 0.36 percent, or 94.08 points, to 25,860.73.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.14 percent, or 4.25 points,
to open at 2,927.92 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on
China’s second exchange, edged down 0.02 percent, or 0.27 points, to
1,611.99.
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