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Hong Kong shares make modest gains at open
HONG KONG, July 24, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Hong Kong stocks edged up at the open
on Tuesday after Wall Street finished mixed, with focus shifting to this
week’s release of corporate earnings reports as trade tensions persist.
The Hang Seng Index inched up 0.21 percent, or 60.38 points, to 28,316.50.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.10 percent, or 2.73 points,
to 2,862.27 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s
second exchange, edged down 0.02 percent, or 0.27 points, to 1,601.42.
BSS/AFP/MR/ 1108 hrs