The Hong Kong stock market closed weaker on Wednesday, 20 May 2015, as weakness among energy and property counters offsetting strength in airline stocks. The benchmark index opened down 57 points and then saw its losses widen to 200 points at one stage before recovering half of the lost ground. The Hang Seng Index ended down 108.49 points or 0.39% to 27585.05, off an intra-day high of 27751.44 and day low of 27490.33. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, benchmark measure of performance of mainland China enterprises, rose 44.40 points, or 0.31%, to 14235.90 points. Turnover was little changed at HK$137.78 billion compared to HK$136 billion on Tuesday.
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