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HK stocks edge up, but Bernanke comments weigh

Wed Apr 2, 2008 10:07pm EDT
 
 HONG KONG, April 3 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks opened flat
on Thursday, a day after hitting a one-month high, on renewed
worries about the U.S. economy after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben
Bernanke said a recession was possible.
  The benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI opened up 0.31 percent
at 23,872.43. The China Enterprises Index of Hong Kong-listed
mainland companies .HSCE, or H shares, was up 0.49 percent at
12,870.06 as of 0202 GMT.
 (Reporting by Joseph Chaney; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree)



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