Hong Kong stocks end morning lower

Hong Kong - Hong Kong stocks headed for a fourth straight loss on Friday, ending the morning in negative territory, with energy firms falling further on worries about the planned members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries oil cut deal.

The Hang Seng index shed 98.66 points, to 23 033.69 by the break.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index ended marginally higher, adding 1.00 points to 3 113.35 but the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, fell 6.63 points, to 2 061.46.