MSCI will formally include the A-shares into the MSCI Emerging Markets Index in June 2018.
Hong Kong stocks open 0.88 pct lower
Hong Kong stocks lost 279.66 points, or 0.88 percent, to open at 31,321.789 points on Wednesday.
U.S. stocks open higher amid economic data
U.S. stocks opened higher on Tuesday as investors digested the newly released consumer price data.







