Hong Kong stocks end 0.94% lower

Hong Kong: Hong Kong stocks lost 0.94 percent on 30th April, after US data showed the world`s number one economy grew much slower than expected in the first three months of the year.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 267.34 points to 28,133.00. Turnover was HK$170.86 billion ($22.05 billion).

In mainland China the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.78 percent, or 34.97 points, to 4,441.65 on turnover of 774.3 billion yuan ($126.6 billion).

The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China`s second exchange, rose 0.57 percent, or 12.79 points, to 2,267.77 on turnover of 546.8 billion yuan.