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RPT-HK stocks weak as finance and properties fall

Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:13pm EST
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 HONG KONG, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks slid early on
Friday, extending losses in two straight sessions depsite a
firmer Wall Street, with selling on financial and property stocks
leading to the slide as credit worries haunt the market.
 The benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI opened 0.13 percent
lower at 27,708.31. The index slid 2.7 percent to a two-week
closing low on Thursday.
 The Hang Seng properties sub-index .HSNP was down 0.26
percent at 0204 GMT and the finance sub-index .HSNF was down
0.84 percent.
 The China Enterprises Index of H shares, which fell 3.72
percent on Thursday, was down 1.03 percent at 0205 GMT.
 (Reporting by Donny Kwok. editing by Nick Macfie)































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