BCN-08 Hong Kong stocks open with losses

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Hong Kong stocks open with losses

HONG KONG, Sept 3, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Hong Kong fell at the open of trade
Monday following losses on Wall Street, while investors fret over trade
tensions as Donald Trump eyes fresh Chinese tariffs and talks with Canada
over joining a new NAFTA hit a roadblock.

The Hang Seng Index shed 0.28 percent, or 79.10 points, to 27,809.45.

And the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.32 percent, or 8.85
points, to 2,716.40, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks
on China’s second exchange, eased 0.24 percent, or 3.52 points, to 1,447.86.

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