The U.S. stock market developed individually on Wednesday (22nd). The Dow once fell below 33,000 points and fell 84 points throughout the day. The Nasdaq, which reflects the trend of technology stocks, closed slightly higher, ending its decline.
The US Federal Reserve released the minutes of the interest rate meeting on the same day, showing that all participants supported a 0.25% rate hike, and the 10-year treasury bond yield dropped slightly to 3.92%.
This morning, the US dollar index was weak and fell back to 104.46.
In the Asia-Pacific region, markets in Japan were closed for a holiday today.
In terms of Hong Kong stocks, a number of companies announced their results today, including Hong Kong Stock Exchange (0388), Alibaba (9988), SHKP (0016) and New World (0017).
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The Hang Seng Index closed at 20,339 points and opened 84 points lower. The State Index closed at 6,806 points and opened 26 points lower.
Ali (9988) last reported at 92.75 yuan, opening 0.2% lower, Baidu (9888) last reported at 136.4 yuan, opening 2.9% lower, and Tencent (0700) opened 1.5% lower.
HSBC (0005) opened lower by 0.8% to 60.15 yuan, while HKEx (0388) opened higher by 0.5%.
As for property management stocks, Country Garden Services (6098) opened lower by 0.4%.