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Following are Wednesday's major Hang Seng Indices managed and compiled by the Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hang Seng Bank:

Index Previous Close Close Change

Hang Seng Index 23,896.98 23,717.97 -179.01

Sub-indices:

Finance 33,156.96 32,897.53 -259.43

Utilities 54,057.15 53,427.24 -629.91

Properties 31,098.19 30,986.43 -111.76

Com/Ind 13,989.13 13,881.20 -107.93

China Enterprises

Index 11,507.63 11,417.34 -90.29

China-Affiliated Corp.

Index 4,453.96 4,408.54 -45.42

H-Financials Index 1,7525.66 17,443.62 -82.04

Turnover:

(million HK dollars) 76,907 78,258 +1,351

(million U.S. dollars) 9,910.70 10,084.79 +174.09 Endi