HONG KONG, May 14 (Reuters) - Shares in Hong Kong fell 1.36
percent on Friday as weak overseas cues and a lack of catalysts
kept investors sidelined.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended down 277.03 points at 20,145.43. The China Enterprise Index of top locally listed mainland Chinese stocks fell 1.2 percent.
Shares of Europe-focused fashion retailer Esprit Holdings fell 6.5 percent to a more than four-month closing low after UBS said in a report on Friday that lower demand growth in Europe from the region's debt problems could hurt Esprit's revenues.
(Reporting by Sui-Lee Wee, Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)
((suilee.wee@thomsonreuters.com; +852 2843 6314; Reuters Messaging: suilee.wee.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Pan-Asia...... Japan........ S.Korea.... S.E. Asia............ Hong Kong... Taiwan..... Australia/NZ......... India....... China...... OTHER MARKETS: Wall Street........... Gold......... Currency.. Eurostocks........... Oil........... JP bonds... ADR Report.......... LME metals.. US bonds... Stocks News US... Stocks News Europe... DIARIES & DATA: IPO diary & data Asia earnings diary U.S. earnings diary European diary Taiwan diary Wall Street Week Ahead Eurostocks Week Ahead World forecasts TOP NEWS: For top Asian company news, double click on: U.S. company news European company news Forex news Global Economy news Technology news Telecoms news Media news Banking news Politics/General news Asia Macro data A multimedia version of Reuters Top News is available at: http://topnews.session.rservices.com LIVE PRICES & DATA: World Stocks Currency rates Dow Jones/NASDAQ Nikkei FTSE 100 Debt Hong Kong Dollar LME price overview Keywords: MARKETS HONGKONG STOCKS/ (If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended down 277.03 points at 20,145.43. The China Enterprise Index of top locally listed mainland Chinese stocks fell 1.2 percent.
Shares of Europe-focused fashion retailer Esprit Holdings fell 6.5 percent to a more than four-month closing low after UBS said in a report on Friday that lower demand growth in Europe from the region's debt problems could hurt Esprit's revenues.
(Reporting by Sui-Lee Wee, Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)
((suilee.wee@thomsonreuters.com; +852 2843 6314; Reuters Messaging: suilee.wee.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Pan-Asia...... Japan........ S.Korea.... S.E. Asia............ Hong Kong... Taiwan..... Australia/NZ......... India....... China...... OTHER MARKETS: Wall Street........... Gold......... Currency.. Eurostocks........... Oil........... JP bonds... ADR Report.......... LME metals.. US bonds... Stocks News US... Stocks News Europe... DIARIES & DATA: IPO diary & data Asia earnings diary U.S. earnings diary European diary Taiwan diary Wall Street Week Ahead Eurostocks Week Ahead World forecasts TOP NEWS: For top Asian company news, double click on: U.S. company news European company news Forex news Global Economy news Technology news Telecoms news Media news Banking news Politics/General news Asia Macro data A multimedia version of Reuters Top News is available at: http://topnews.session.rservices.com LIVE PRICES & DATA: World Stocks Currency rates Dow Jones/NASDAQ Nikkei FTSE 100 Debt Hong Kong Dollar LME price overview Keywords: MARKETS HONGKONG STOCKS/ (If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
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