BCN-26 Hong Kong stocks end with slight loss

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Hong Kong stocks end with slight loss

HONG KONG, Feb 1, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Hong Kong shares ended slightly lower
Friday after a broadly positive week, though investors were cheered by
positive comments from China and the US following their trade talks.

The Hang Seng Index inched down 11.73 points, to 27,930.74.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 1.30 percent, or 33.66
points, to 2,618.23, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks
on China’s second exchange, climbed 2.77 percent, or 35.25 points, to
1,309.99.

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