HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks ended Wednesday morning marginally higher as bargain-buying following sharp losses in the previous two days was offset by a sell-off in New York fuelled by plunging oil prices.
The Hang Seng Index added 18.62 points to 23,234.38 by lunch.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.59 percent, or 17.71 points, to 3,005.80 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, slipped 0.26 percent, or 5.17 points, to 1,984.17.
