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Hong Kong stocks posted their biggest fall in three months on Monday, marking a gloomy start for 2016, pulled lower by slumping mainland shares and weak global markets.
The Hang Seng index fell 2.7 per cent to 21,327.12, registering its biggest one-day percentage fall since September 29. The China Enterprises Index lost 3.6 per cent to 9,311.18 points.
Sentiment was damped by the savage sell-off in mainland equity markets, which tumbled 7 per cent and triggered the circuit breaker mechanism that cut China’s trading session short.
The panic on the mainland, triggered by sluggish factory activity surveys, fears of a share supply glut and a weaker yuan, spread to Hong Kong as well.
Shares fell across the board, with commodity, financial and industrial stocks among the biggest losers.
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Published on January 4, 2016
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