Exchange: Hong Kong negative, opens at -1.80%

(ANSA) - BEIJING, AUGUST 31 - The Hong Kong Stock Exchange opens the session with a sharp slowdown on Wall Street losses and fears of new Federal Reserve shares on the rise in rates: the Hang Seng index drops 1.80%, slipping to 19,589.85 points.

The Shanghai Composite, on the other hand, lost 0.33% to 3,216.53 points, while the Shenzhen Composite lost 0.45% to 2,128.16 points.

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