HK stocks flat, properties, banks under pressure

(Updates to open)

HONG KONG, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks held steady on
Thursday as investors tread cautiously amid doubts over plans by
the U.S. Federal Reserve and other major central banks to ease
credit market strains, pressuring financial shares.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI opened 0.01 percent
lower at 28,518.78.

The Hang Seng properties sub-index .HSNP had fallen 0.52
percent as of 0208 GMT.

The Hang Seng finance sub-index .HSNF had fallen 0.30
percent as of 0206 GMT.
(Reporting by Donny Kwok; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree)