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HK financial market closed on Wednesday

Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:20pm IST
 
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 HONG KONG, June 30 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's financial markets
will be closed on Wednesday, July 1, on the anniversary of the
territory's handover to China from Britain.
  The benchmark Hang Seng Index finished 0.8 percent or
149.78 points lower at 18,378.73 on Tuesday but soared 35.4
percent in the second quarter to mark its biggest quarterly gain
in 15 years.
 The China Enterprises Index, which represents top locally
listed mainland Chinese stocks, shed 0.2 percent at 10,962.61.
 (Reporting by Parvathy Ullatil; Editing by David Cowell)


































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