The Hang Seng Index went down in the early morning trading session on Thursday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell by 56 points, or 0.2 percent to 24,074 points.
The Hang Seng Tech Index was down by 1.8 percent to around 4,145 points.
Japan's Nikkei eased 0.9 percent, with South Korea down 0.6 percent. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.1 percent.
On Wall Street, S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures were barely changed. In Europe, EUROSTOXX 50 futures DAX futures and FTSE futures all edged up 0.1 percent after sliding on Wednesday.
Staff reporter and Reuters
