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	162,176.84 202.50M	0.30% 489.66
ALLSHR	98,364.25 1,113.24M	0.29% 288.98
KSE30	49,041.82 54.72M	0.19% 90.84
KMI30	231,436.72 63.62M	0.31% 712.30
KMIALLSHR	63,902.68 430.58M	0.24% 151.98
BKTi	44,355.86 10.43M	-0.05% -21.69
OGTi	31,075.25 3.63M	-0.16% -48.72

Symbol	Bid/Ask	High/Low

Name	Last	High/Low	Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES	90,865.00	92,305.00 89,325.00	-1105.00 -1.20%
BRENT CRUDE	63.70	64.02 63.62	-0.50 -0.78%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY	85.75	0.00 0.00	0.20 0.23%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY	96.45	0.00 0.00	0.30 0.31%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN	1,082.50	1,082.50 1,082.50	0.00 0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI	59.35	59.81 59.26	-0.56 -0.93%
SUGAR #11 WORLD	14.75	14.94 14.65	-0.21 -1.40%