Saturday, September 13, 2008

Hong Kong stocks close 0.19 pct lower

Hong Kong stocks fell 35.82 points, or 0.19 percent, to close at 19,352.90 on Friday.Turnover fell to 57.77 billion HK dollars (7.42 billion U.S. dollars) from Thursday's 69.60 billion HK dollars (8.93 billion U.S. dollars).Hong Kong's benchmark Hang SengIndex plunged 3.06 percent to a near 18-month low below a key support level Thursday, following Asian stock markets.Hang Seng Index fell 611.06 points.Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, the sole market operator, was down 2.95 percent to 93.85 HK dollars.

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