Hong Kong stocks eased on Thursday after a rare revenue warning from Apple Inc spooked technology and hardware shares, and as investors found little support from the performance of Chinese equities. ** The Hang Seng index edged down 0.3 percent to 25,064.36, while the Hang Seng China Enterprises index closed flat.

The sub-index tracking energy shares rose 1.2 percent, the financial sector ended 0.5 percent lower, while property stocks rose 0.91 percent.

Shares of I.T. hardware makers led the losses with a 1.6 percent drop. Information Technology stocks also slid 0.9 percent.

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