HONG KONG: Hong Kong and Shanghai stocks sank in line with a global rout Wednesday morning after an opinion poll put firebrand Donald Trump ahead of market favourite Hillary Clinton less than a week before the US presidential election.
The Hang Seng index shed 1.34 percent, or 309.19 points, to 22,837.88 by the break.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.49 percent, or 15.21 points, to 3,107.23 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, lost 0.29 percent, or 5.94 points, to 2,067.17.
