<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Hong Kong and Shanghai stocks started</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wednesday morning slightly lower after a surge a day earlier that was fuelled&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">by an unverified statement saying China was forming a committee to discuss&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">rolling back some of its painful zero-Covid measures.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The Hang Seng Index slipped 0.43 percent, or 65.72 points, to 15,389.55.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Shanghai Composite Index edged down 0.29 percent, or 8.55 points, to&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">2,960.65, while the Shenzhen Composite Index on China's second exchange eased&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">0.21 percent, or 4.17 points, to 1,938.19. AFP/BSS</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>