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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