Hong Kong stocks fell 252 points by Wednesday noon

Hong Kong stocks fell 252 points in the Wednesday morning session.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index once recorded a decline of over 300 points before closing the morning session down 252 points, or 0.97 percent, at 25843.

The tech gauge fell 72 points, or 1.3 percent, to 5551.

The half-day turnover shrank to HK$86.066 billion, with a net inflow of HK$2.364 billion from northbound trading.

Of the 88 blue-chip stocks, 71 declined.

Nongfu Spring (9633) fell 2.6 percent. Henderson Land Development (0012) fell 2.4 percent. NetEase (9999) fell 3.3 percent, making it the worst-performing blue chip in the morning session.