Hong Kong shares lower

Hong Kong shares finished slightly lower on Tuesday with financial shares leading indexes down, in line with a sell-off in mainland China markets. The Hang Seng index fell 0.1 percent to 20,666.75 points, while the China Enterprises Index lost 0.3 percent to 8,900.19. Total trading volume of companies included in the HSI index was 1.3 billion shares.
In China, the CSI300 index of the largest listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen fell 0.7 percent, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.6 percent. Analysts cited a variety of factors for the sell-off in China including Monday's central bank pension reform guidelines urging low cost finance for the elder care industry.