Investors in Hong Kong on the sidelines ahead of tariffs

MG News | July 06, 2018 at 10:08 AM GMT+05:00

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Hong Kong stocks opened flat on Friday as nervous investors took to the sidelines ahead of steep US tariffs on Chinese goods due to take effect in the middle of the Asian trading day.

The Hang Seng Index edged up 0.18 percent, or 49.58 points, to 28,231.67.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index edged down 0.09 percent, or 2.53 points, to 2,731.35 while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, added 0.07 percent, or 1.14 points, to 1,529.81.

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Name	Price/Vol	%Chg/NChg
KSE100	157,953.47 555.47M	1.14% 1775.65
ALLSHR	96,741.22 1,957.60M	1.16% 1110.83
KSE30	48,198.94 249.79M	1.09% 520.47
KMI30	232,694.17 290.89M	1.31% 3011.94
KMIALLSHR	65,027.13 1,019.78M	1.03% 660.37
BKTi	42,489.56 84.10M	1.35% 566.75
OGTi	31,779.36 15.21M	0.14% 43.57

Symbol	Bid/Ask	High/Low

Name	Last	High/Low	Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES	117,735.00	118,295.00 116,115.00	1910.00 1.65%
BRENT CRUDE	68.00	68.36 67.34	0.05 0.07%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY	84.00	0.00 0.00	-0.40 -0.47%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY	94.00	94.50 94.00	0.45 0.48%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN	1,106.50	1,106.50 1,106.50	0.00 0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI	63.71	64.13 63.11	0.01 0.02%
SUGAR #11 WORLD	16.05	16.27 16.04	-0.22 -1.35%