The Business Times
business-time-50

Hong Kong: Stocks open down on Friday

Published Fri, Oct 5, 2018 · 01:47 AM

    [HONG KONG] Hong Kong stocks kicked off Friday with further losses, having already fallen more than four per cent this week, with traders growing increasingly worried about an extended period of US interest rate hikes.

    The Hang Seng Index slipped 0.45 per cent, or 120.12 points, to 26,503.75.

    Mainland Chinese markets remained closed for a public holiday.

    AFP

    Share with us your feedback on BT's products and services

    Feedback

    TRENDING NOW

    The authors of the paper found that home-purchase intensity near planned MRT stations was higher for civil servants than with a control group of non-civil servants.

    PSD reviewing paper that alleges civil servants disproportionately bought homes near unannounced MRT stations

    CapitaLand Investment is a leading name among Singapore’s corporates and has numerous institutional and retail shareholders. 

    CapitaLand Investment’s retrenchments: Mind the downsides of a profitable business laying off staff

    Sats has signed a pact with KLN Logistics to advance temperature-controlled and time-critical shipments.

    Stocks to watch: Sats, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, SBS Transit, GuocoLand

    The Treasury market has ballooned to about US$32 trillion from around US$4.5 trillion since 2007, pushing the federal debt to more than 100% of US GDP.

    US 10-year Treasury yield tops 5% for first time since 2023 as inflation fears mount

    Latest T-bills Treasury Bills Results & Interest NewsLatest SSB Singapore Savings Bonds NewsLatest COE Certificate of Entitlement News
    Latest Johor-Singapore SEZ NewsLatest BTO Build To Order & Sales of Balance NewsLatest STI Straits Times Index NewsLatest SGX Dividends, Share Price NewsLatest Bonds Market NewsLatest Singapore Stocks To Buy NewsLatest Singapore Economy News
    View More