Hong Kong stocks sink as Evergrande woes spread, Ping An tumbles The Edge Markets


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- A + A (Sept 20): Concerns about the health of China’s real estate sector spilled into Hong Kong markets on Monday, sparking the biggest selloff in property stocks in more than a year and dragging down everything from banks to Ping An Insurance Group Co. and high-yield dollar bonds. The Hang Seng Property Index tumbled by as much as 5.9%, the most since May 2020, while Ping An Insurance, China’s largest insurer by market value, plunged 7.3% in Hong Kong. The city’s benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 3.3%, its biggest one-day slump in two months. Junk-rated Chinese dollar bonds...