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Hong Kong stocks narrow losses as city will allow restaurants to serve in evenings, cinemas to reopen Friday
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Hong Kong finished with a small loss Tuesday after earlier declines narrowed when the government relaxed social distancing restrictions, allowing restaurants to serve until 9pm beginning Friday.
Stocks perked up on the announcement after falling as much as 0.8 per cent. The Hang Seng benchmark finished with a 0.3 per cent loss at 25,486.22. That left it below 25,500 after it closed Monday above that level – at 25,551.58 – for the first time in five weeks.
“25,000 is the peak since the middle of July,” said Alan Li, portfolio manager at Atta Capital. “The market will likely struggle at a certain level for a few days.”
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Information technology stocks were the top losers.
AAC Technologies tumbled 7.4 per cent on Monday’s disappointing second-quarter results and a downgrade by Citigroup to “sell”. It was the worst performer on the Hang Seng, followed by Sunny Optical, as Goldman Sachs cut the lens maker to “sell” from “buy”.
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The Shanghai Composite Index closed down 0.4 per cent at 3,372.58, snapping a two-session winning streak.
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