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China, Hong Kong stocks fall as investors temper hopes for Trump-Xi meeting

Global Published 23 September 2026, 10:48 · archived 23 Sep 2026

SHANGHAI: China and Hong Kong stocks fell on Wednesday, as investors tempered expectations for an upcoming meeting between US and Chinese presidents, while rising trade tensions with Europe weighed. The real estate sector, however, advanced amid signs of fresh government support. The large-cap CSI300 Index was down 0.5% by the lunch break, while the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.4%. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index dropped 0.8%. “The planned meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is a sign the US-China relationship is becoming more predictable,” Oxford Ec...

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