Hong Kong shares slid despite strong industrial figures

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Hong Kong shares were bearish on Thursday, tracking weakness in the US and Japan's equities. Banks also put a lid on China's stocks after the China Banking Regulatory Commission ordered to tighten control over wealth management products. However, the downward trend was restricted by positive industrial numbers. The National Bureau of Statistics reported profits of the largest industrial firms soared 17.2% year on year in fist two months of the 2013 compared to an increase of 5.3% in 2012. Hang Seng Index dropped 0.74% to close at 22,299.63. Only utilities managed to post gains. Power Assets and HK and China Gas rose 1.67% and 0.89%. The top-losers were technology and consumer goods industries, retreating 1.76% and 1.31%. Lenovo Group and Tencent dropped 3.14% and 1.46%, while China Mercantile Holdings and China Resources slumped 4.32% and 0.86%. Financial shares also traded lower, with Bank of Communications, China Construction Bank and Bank of East Asia slid 3.97%, 0.94% and 0.81%, respectively.
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