Hong Kong: Shares slip, tracking weak global markets

[HONG KONG] Hong Kong shares dropped on Friday, tracking sluggish global markets, but main indexes were still up for the week.

The Hang Seng index on Friday fell 0.8 per cent, to 22,235.89, while the China Enterprises Index lost 1.5 per cent, to 9,834.28 points.

For the week, Hang Seng was up 0.8 per cent.

Stocks fell across the board on Friday.

Total trading volume of companies included in the HSI index was 1.7 billion shares.

REUTERS