
Hong Kong stocks open 0.53 pct lower
Hong Kong stocks lost 151.23 points, or 0.53 percent, to open at 28,117.48 points on Thursday.

Shanghai crude oil futures open higher
Crude oil futures opened higher Thursday on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange.

ChiNext Index opens flat Thursday
The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, open flat at 1,528.63 points.

China's benchmark power coal price remains flat
China's benchmark power coal price remained flat during the past week.

PTA futures were lower Thursday in early trading on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE).