Hong Kong's Hang Seng benchmark fell the most in a month, as some investors took profit after a seven-day winning streak. At close of trade, the Hang Seng index was down 304.24 points, or 0.92 percent, at 32,654.45. The Hang Seng China Enterprises index fell 1.71 percent to 13,388.16.
The sub-index of the Hang Seng tracking energy shares rose 1.1 percent while the IT sector dipped 2.05 percent, the financial sector was 1.58 percent lower and property sector rose 0.14 percent. The top gainer on Hang Seng was CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd up 4.55 percent, while the biggest loser was China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd which was down 3.72 percent.
The top gainers among H-shares were Air China Ltd up 7.98 percent. The three biggest H-shares percentage decliners were CITIC Securities Co Ltd, which was down 5.24 percent, China Citic Bank Corp Ltd which fell 3.9 percent and GF Securities Co Ltd down by 3.5 percent.
About 3.56 billion Hang Seng index shares were traded, roughly 163 percent of the market's 30-day moving average of 2.18 billion shares a day.
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