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ADVISORY-Hong Kong financial markets closed July 1

Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:00pm EDT

HONG KONG, July 1 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stock, forex and debt markets .HSI will be closed on Tuesday, July 1, for the anniversary of the territory's handover to China from Britain.

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Markets open again on Wednesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI closed Monday 0.3 percent higher at 22,102.01 points, but finished down 20.5 percent in the January-June period, marking its worst half-year performance in 14 years. (Reporting by Parvathy Ullatil; Editing by Keiron Henderson)

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