Hang Seng Index opens slightly higher on Tuesday, up 6 points

Hang Seng Index opened 6 points higher on Tuesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index edged up 0.02 percent to 25,658 points.

Tech gauge slid 0.21 percent to 4,286 points.

JD Health (6618) rose 2.4 percent, leading gains among blue chips.

Tech heavyweights opened lower, with Alibaba (9988) falling 1 percent and Tencent (0700) dropping 0.09 percent. JD.com (9618) was down 0.29 percent, while Xiaomi (1810) gained 0.15 percent.

Meanwhile, HSBC (0005) rose 0.2 percent after it completed the 5 August share buy-back program yesterday by purchasing 911,200 ordinary shares for cancellation on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at a volume-weighted average price of HK$159.5951.

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