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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX) logo in Beijing, China September 4, 2020. REUTERS / Tingshu Wang HONG KONG (Reuters) -A “fragile” geopolitical environment has slowed trading volumes and initial public offerings on the Hong Kong stock exchange and created challenges for its commodities business, especially nickel, the stock exchange’s CEO said on Tuesday. China-US tensions, exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, questions around the tightening regulatory environment for tech and platform companies and concerns about persistent global inflation have “weighed heavily on our markets”, said Nicolas Aguzin, chief executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing....
