The Hang Seng Index opened 393 points lower today Sept. 14, after the US stock market plunged yesterday and the Dow fell by more than 1,000 points, the Asia-Pacific region also reduced, the Australian and Japanese stocks retreated more than 2.5 percent, and South Korea and Taiwan added 1.6 percent. The higher-than-expected inflation in the United States dragged down the global stock exchange.
The Australian dollar and the British pound stabilized after depreciating more than 1.5 percent yesterday. The Hang Seng Index fell 337 points from the high and 529 points from the low, and finally closed at 18,847 points, down 479 points (or 2.5 percent), with a turnover of 93.7 billion yuan. The HSCEI fell 2.5 percent, and the KSE Index fell 2.8 percent.
