Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index plunged 1052.29 points, or 5.44 percent, to close at 18,300.61 Tuesday, amid worries of a global financial turmoil after investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed.
Turnover rose to 88.42 billion HK dollars (11.37 billion U.S. dollars) from last Friday's 57.77 billion HK dollars (7.42 billion U.S. dollars).
The benchmark Index plunged 1,027.25 points, or 5.31 percent, to open at 18,325.65 Tuesday, and fluctuated between 18,019.20 and 18,538.51.
Source:Xinhua
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