HK stocks inch up a day after rout
Hong Kong stocks opened slightly higher Thursday morning but made very little headway into steep losses suffered the day before as traders fret over the mainland economy and hopes fade for an early US interest rate cut. The Hang Seng Index added 0.16 percent to 15,301. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.39 percent to 2,823, and the Shenzhen Composite Index on the mainland's second exchange dipped 0.59 percent to 1,689. (AFP)