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HK stocks fall more than 3 pct on U.S. worries

Wed May 21, 2008 10:58pm EDT

HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks slid 3.43 percent to a one-month low on Thursday, as mounting worries over the health of the U.S. economy rattled investors and record high oil prices hit shipping and aviation firms.

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The benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI dropped to a low of 24,700.49 after it opened down 1.87 percent. The China Enterprises Index of Hong Kong-listed companies .HSCE, or H shares, had fallen 3.27 percent by 0255 GMT. (Reporting by Alison Leung; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree)

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