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Article: Hong Kong shares close lower led by properties
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 12, 2002
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Hong Kong shares close lower led by properties
HONG KONG, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong share prices closed
lower on Monday in thin trade led by falls in several key property
stocks, with gains in China Mobile and China Unicom helping to
support the broader market against further losses.
The Hang Seng index closed down 54.14 points or 0.54 percent at
9,959.92, off a high of 10,039.77 and a low of 9,929.38, on a
turnover of 4.398 billion Hong Kong dollars.
The Hang Seng August contract was at 9,890 points.
The China Enterprises index was down 48.32 points at 1,898.28 and
the CAC index up 6.71 points at 1,115.28.
The GEM index was down 2.56 points at 141.47 on a turnover of
112.853 ...