Hong Kong stocks open lower

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Flags of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (C) and Hong Kong (R) are seen at Exchange Square after the Hang Seng Index closed up by 0.3 per cent, at 28,458.04, its highest level in almost ten years, in Hong Kong on October 6, 2017. / AFP / Anthony Wallace

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Shares in Hong Kong fell again at the open on Tuesday following a retreat from record highs in New York and in line with a broad sell-off across Asia.

The Hang Seng Index slipped 0.26 percent, or 73.26 points, to 28,232.62.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index inched down 1.49 points to 3,379.21, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, was 0.30 percent, or 5.99 points, lower at 2,006.06.

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