Hong Kong stocks close 0.31 pct higher

17:14, February 27, 2020

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  Hong Kong stocks open 0.20 pct lower

  HONG KONG, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks lost 52.20 points, or 0.20 percent, to open at 26,077.73 points on Monday.(Photo: VCG)

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  Singapore stocks close 0.19 pct lower

  SINGAPORE, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Singapore stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going down 0.19 percent, or 5.82 points, to close at 3,111.7.Photo: CGTNA total of 1.82 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.66 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.19 billion U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 277 to 178.The STI index went down 1.29 percent, or 40.72 points, to close at 3,117.52 Wednesday.

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  Hong Kong's overall crime figure rises by 9.2 pct in 2019: official

  HONG KONG, March 2 -- Hong Kong's overall crime figure in 2019 rose by 9.2 percent compared to the previous year, despite a downward trend for the previous 12 consecutive years, the head of Hong Kong police said on Monday, warning against the increasing participation of young people in crimes and t