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Hong Kong stocks head into weekend with hefty loss

Hong Kong stocks ended the week with a sharp loss on Friday as investors were spooked by a report that Dnoald Trump is planning to impose tariffs on $200bn of Chinese goods early next month.

The Hang Seng Index sank 0.98% to close at 27 888.55.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index shed 0.46% to 2 725.25, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, lost 1.09% to 1 451.38.

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Rand - Dollar
19.04
-0.7%
Rand - Pound
23.98
-0.4%
Rand - Euro
20.53
-0.3%
Rand - Aus dollar
12.36
-0.1%
Rand - Yen
0.13
-0.7%
Platinum
894.10
-0.3%
Palladium
996.00
-0.6%
Gold
2,194.02
-0.0%
Silver
24.42
-0.9%
Brent Crude
86.09
-0.2%
Top 40
67,905
+0.3%
All Share
74,106
+0.3%
Resource 10
56,200
+1.0%
Industrial 25
103,604
+0.3%
Financial 15
16,488
-0.2%
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