Hong Kong stocks down 6.01% by midday
Updated: 2011-08-09 13:50
(Xinhua)
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 A man walks past a panel displaying the blue-chip Hang Seng Index during morning trading at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange August 9, 2011. Stock markets plunged on Tuesday and the Swiss franc held near a record high as investors dumped riskier assets in a global rout triggered by fears that political leaders are failing to tackle debt crises in Europe and the United States.[Photo/Agencies]
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HONG KONG-- Hong Kong stocks lost 1,232.06 points, or 6.01 percent to close Tuesday's morning session at 19, 258.51 points.
- Tighter policies putting SMEs under pressure
- Chinese automakers hunt for sweet spot
- China's credit card delinquency ratio unchanged
- Lenovo launches second smartphone
- China's July CPI up 6.5%
- China, US plan to work together on product safety
- Rare earth producer H1 net profit surges
- Stocks dive amid US woes
