HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks closed down 1.18 percent Wednesday despite better-than-expected US retail figures and eurozone growth data, while Standard Chartered jumped 3.56 percent after settling its US case.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 239.39 points to end at 20,052.29 on turnover of HK$42.34 billion ($5.46 billion).
Chinese shares closed down 1.10 percent. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 23.58 points to 2,118.95 on turnover of 46.0 billion yuan ($7.2 billion).
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