Hong Kong: Stocks fall at open

HONG KONG stocks fell at the open on Monday (Aug 15) as investors awaited the release of key economic data in China and also kept an eye on US-China tensions as a US congressional delegation visited Taiwan.

The Hang Seng Index slipped 0.68 per cent, or 137.14 points, to 20,038.48.

The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.26 per cent, or 8.52 points, to 3,268.37, while the Shenzhen Composite Index on China's second exchange dipped 0.18 per cent, or 3.88 points, to 2,203.18. AFP