The Hong Kong stock market finished session tad higher in choppy trade on Tuesday, 13 March 2018, on caution before the release of key economic data from the US and mainland China. US Inflation and retail sales figures for February are due out the during the business day Tuesday, which should offer clues about the direction of interest rates. On Wednesday, China is expected to release industrial production, retail sales and fixed-asset investment statistics for January and February. The Hang Seng Index closed up 7.52 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 31,601.45. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, known as the H-shares index, rose 0.4 per cent to 12,746.78.
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