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	173,150.42 424.96M	-0.75% -1303.52
ALLSHR	104,363.56 708.75M	-0.58% -607.69
KSE30	52,816.28 179.58M	-0.72% -382.25
KMI30	245,363.66 125.15M	-0.41% -1015.13
KMIALLSHR	67,373.39 398.72M	-0.35% -233.28
BKTi	49,278.66 105.95M	-1.36% -677.84
OGTi	34,757.87 15.47M	1.78% 609.42

Symbol	Bid/Ask	High/Low

Name	Last	High/Low	Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES	68,255.00	70,170.00 67,325.00	-580.00 -0.84%
BRENT CRUDE	67.62	69.04 67.25	-1.03 -1.50%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY	96.00	0.00 0.00	-2.25 -2.29%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY	105.50	105.50 105.50	0.15 0.14%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN	1,071.50	1,071.50 1,071.50	0.00 0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI	62.69	64.14 62.33	-0.20 -0.32%
SUGAR #11 WORLD	13.63	13.86 13.61	0.14 1.04%