Major global equity markets fell this week, led by A-Shares and US stocks, and the NASDAQ index closed down 4.5%. Brent crude oil rose 5.3%. London gold and dollar indices fell.
Wind secondary industries in Hong Kong stocks: Insurance (+ 5.76%) and telecommunications services (+ 5.6%) were among the top gainers. Pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and Life Sciences (- 8.43%), consumer durables and clothing (- 7.06%) led the decline. Secondary industries of S & P 500 in US stocks: among them, retail industry (+ 0.03%) and technology, hardware and equipment (+ 0.03%) led the increase. Energy (- 0.03%) and automobile and parts industry (- 0.03%) led the decline.
The trading volume of Hong Kong stocks this week increased compared with last week, and the turnover rate of Hang Seng index increased by 0.106% to 0.2%.
The proportion of short selling amount of Hong Kong stocks rose to 14.9% from 14.14% last week.
The trading volume of US stocks increased compared with last week, and the turnover rate of S & P 500 rose to 2.94%.
