The Hang Seng Index plunged by as much as 3.1 per cent on August 5, 2019, its biggest intraday percentage decline in three months. Photo: SCMP / Felix Wong The Hang Seng Index plunged by as much as 3.1 per cent on August 5, 2019, its biggest intraday percentage decline in three months. Photo: SCMP / Felix Wong
The Hang Seng Index plunged by as much as 3.1 per cent on August 5, 2019, its biggest intraday percentage decline in three months. Photo: SCMP / Felix Wong
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China’s investors are piling into Hong Kong shares via Stock Connect channel in the longest shopping spree in 18 months

  • Chinese investors buy Hong Kong shares for 21 straight days, the longest such streak since February 2018
  • Hong Kong stocks, the cheapest in Asia, trade at the lowest level against mainland equities in one and a half years

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Zhang Shidong
Zhang Shidong

Updated: 11:01pm, 16 Aug, 2019

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The Hang Seng Index plunged by as much as 3.1 per cent on August 5, 2019, its biggest intraday percentage decline in three months. Photo: SCMP / Felix Wong The Hang Seng Index plunged by as much as 3.1 per cent on August 5, 2019, its biggest intraday percentage decline in three months. Photo: SCMP / Felix Wong
The Hang Seng Index plunged by as much as 3.1 per cent on August 5, 2019, its biggest intraday percentage decline in three months. Photo: SCMP / Felix Wong
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