China: Stocks fall at open

[SHANGHAI] China's major stock indexes fell in early trade on Friday.

The CSI300 index was down 0.3 per cent at 3,274.79 points at 0134 GMT, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.4 per cent to 3,131.00.

China CSI300 stock index futures for October fell 0.3 per cent to 3,172.4, 102.39 points below the current value of the underlying index.

The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was down 0.2 per cent at 21,049.93.

REUTERS