SHANGHAI: China stocks slightly fell on Friday, with profit-taking in financial shares weakening mainland indexes, while Hong Kong was little changed despite weakness in oil-related shares after U.S. crude futures dropped.
The CSI300 index fell 4.13 points, or 0.16 percent, to 2,575.62 at the end of the morning session, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 12.89 points, or 0.52 percent, to 2,472.71. The Hang Seng index added 18.29 points, or 0.08 percent, to 24,038.23.
The Hong Kong China Enterprises Index lost 68.26 points, or 0.63 percent, to 10,732.65.
Total volume of A shares traded in Shanghai was 13.35 billion shares, while Shenzhen volume was 7.26 billion shares.
Total volume of shares traded in Hong Kong was 35.72 billion shares.
