China stocks steady amid focus on Third Plenum; HK shares fall
SHANGHAI, July 16 (Reuters) -China stocks held steady on Tuesday, as investors awaited the details of reform measures announced at the 'Third Plenum' meeting amid a slew of weak economic data. Hong Kong shares fell, dragged by tech stocks.
** China's economy grew much slower than expected in the second quarter as a protracted property downturn and job insecurity knocked the wind out of a fragile recovery, keeping alive expectations that Beijing will need to unleash more stimulus.
** The highly watched Third Plenum will outline efforts to promote advanced manufacturing, revise the tax system to curb debt risks, manage a vast property crisis, boost domestic consumption and revitalise the private sector. The details will likely come out on Thursday.
** Shares of China's Ping An Insurance 601318.SS, 2318.HK fell 5.4% in Hong Kong, after the insurer said it had raised $3.5 billion in a convertible bond.
** At the midday break, the Shanghai Composite index .SSEC was down 0.21% at 2,967.85.
** China's blue-chip CSI300 index .CSI300 was up 0.21%, with its financial sector sub-index .CSI300FS down 0.54%, the consumer staples sector .CSI000912 up 0.16%, the real estate index .CSI000952 up 1.74% and the healthcare sub-index .CSI300HC trading 0.17% higher.
** Chinese H-shares listed in Hong Kong .HSCE fell 1.34% to 6,335.88, while the Hang Seng Index .HSI was down 1.37% at 17,769.96.
** Hong Kong-listed tech giants .HSTECH declined 1.7%, with Trip.com 9961.HK down 6.1%.
** The smaller Shenzhen index .SZSC was down 0.07%, the start-up board ChiNext Composite index .CNT was higher by 0.39% and Shanghai's tech-focused STAR50 index .STAR50 was up 0.94%.
** Around the region, MSCI's Asia ex-Japan stock index .MIAPJ0000PUS was weaker by 0.35%, while Japan's Nikkei index .N225 was up 0.34%.
** The yuan CNY=CFXS was quoted at 7.2649 per U.S. dollar, 0.08% weaker than the previous close of 7.259.
Reporting by Shanghai Newsroom; Editing by Rashmi Aich
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