HONG KONG: Hong Kong and mainland stocks fell in the opening minutes of trade Tuesday, tracking more losses on Wall Street following a report that the US is planning to put tariffs on all China imports as early as next month.
The Hang Seng Index dipped 0.28%, or 70.36 points, to 24,741.68.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.14%, or 3.53 points, to 2,538.57, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, fell 0.45%, or 5.63 points, to 1,258.95.