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A panel displays the closing Hang Seng Index outside a bank in Hong Kong. (Reuters File Photo)
Hong Kong stocks were flat in early exchanges on Friday, ahead of the release of US jobs figures later in the day.
The Hang Seng Index inched down 10.24 points to 28,785.53.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was also flat, edging down 0.51 points to 3,004.74, though the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, gained 0.07 percent, or 1.19 points, to 1,592.43.
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