India, Feb. 8 -- The Hong Kong stock market has finished lower in back-to-back sessions, slumping more than 250 points or 1.7 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now rests just beneath the 15,880-point plateau although it may stop the bleeding on Friday.
The global forecast for the Asian markets is mixed and flat ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. The European shares were mixed and the U.S. bourses were slightly higher and the Asian markets figure to split the difference.
The Hang Seng finished sharply lower on Tuesday as the financials, properties and technology stocks ended mostly in the red.
For the day, the index stumbled 203.82 points or 1.27 percent to finish at 15,878.07 after trading between 15,821.86 and 16,093.52.
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