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Hang Seng index plunges over 5 percent
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong's stock index plunged over 5 percent Thursday, tracking overnight weakness in Wall Street as uncertainty over the U.S. bailout plan made investors cautious.
The blue chip Hang Seng index fell 717.74 points, or 5.15 percent, to 13,221.35.
Investors dumped shares after the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 411.30 points, or 4.73 percent, to 8,282.66. Wall Street fell for the third straight session as investors were spooked by the U.S. government's decision that the $700 billion financial rescue package won't purchase troubled assets from banks as originally planned.
"Investors are worried the global economy will continue to worsen because of the change of plan in the U.S.," said Ben Kwong, the chief operating officer at KGI Securities.
"They are now waiting to see if the upcoming G20 meeting will be able to give a boost to the global economy," he added.
Leaders from 20 major economies will meet this weekend in Washington, where they will discuss how to tackle the global financial crisis.
Stocks across the board were lower. Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd shed 7.9 percent to HK$66.6 after the city's bourse operator reported a second-straight decline in quarterly profit. Banking giant HSBC also lost 6.3 percent to HK$80.8.
Bucking the downward trend, conglomerate Citic Pacific soared 9.2 percent to HK$6.62 after it has secured a US$1.5 billion bailout from its parent company to cover losses from bad currency bets.
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