HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks rose slightly in the first few minutes of trade Monday, while shares in China opened slightly lower as the yuan weakened.
The Hang Seng Index was up 0.27 percent, or 64.6 points, to 24,098.34.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was 0.10 percent lower, or 3.12 points, at 3,198.96, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, inched 0.04 percent down, or 0.82 points, to 1,944.29.
