Hong Kong stocks fall sharply on Wall Street


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    The Hank Seng Index was down by about 1.5 percent in early trading. Photo: RTHK
    The Hank Seng Index was down by about 1.5 percent in early trading. Photo: RTHK

Hong Kong stocks fell sharply at the opening of trading on Wednesday as US equities fell further from their record highs overnight.

The Hang Seng Index was down 1.49 percent, or 433.46 points, at 28,962.80.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.48 percent, or 16.64 points, to 3,456.30, while the Shenzhen Composite Index on China’s second exchange slumped 0.61 percent, or 13.93 points, to 2,658.75. (AFP)