HK, mainland stocks slip as eyes turn to summit
Asian markets were mixed on Thursday as traders eyed a high-stakes summit between presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump that is set to focus on artificial intelligence, trade and the Middle East war with Iran. In Hong Kong, the benchmark Hang Seng Index opened down 184 points, or 0.74 percent, at 24,649. The tech index slipped 34 points, or 0.78 percent, to 4,344 while the China enterprises index opened fell 58 points, or 0.7 percent, to 8,215. Up north, the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was down 11 points, or 0.28 percent, at the opening of trading at 3,925. The Shenzhen Component Index fell 61 points, or 0.45 percent, to 13,575 while the ChiNext Index was down 0.38 percent at 3,366. With the South Korean stock markets closed on Thursday and Friday, the Nikkei opened 457 points, or 0.7 percent, at 65,476 before extending its gains to 854 points at one stage before noon. Xi's arrival in Washington coincided with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announcing that the superpowers had agreed to extend a trade truce by two months. The simmering trade war between the world's top two economies is a key concern: while both sides have maintained a tariff truce for nearly a year, they have yet...
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