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Hong Kong stocks begin on back foot

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Hong Kong stocks closed Friday slightly higher, ending a strong week on a healthy note.
Hong Kong stocks closed Friday slightly higher, ending a strong week on a healthy note.
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Hong Kong stocks started Thursday with another round of losses following a sell-off on Wall Street and with investors concerned about the suspension of the city's Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine rollout.

The Hang Seng Index fell 1.04%, or 290.06 points, to 27 628.08.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.36%, or 11.99 points, to 3 355.07, while the Shenzhen Composite Index on China's second exchange slipped 0.57%, or 12.33 points, to 2 154.43.

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