Hong Kong stocks slipped on Thursday but remained on course for weekly gains buoyed by signs of a thaw in the US-China trade war as the two sides granted concessions ahead of planned talks.

The Hang Seng index fell 0.3%, to 27,087.63, while the China Enterprises Index gained 0.3%, to 10,592.37. For the past four sessions, HSI gained 1.5% while HSCE was up 1.6%.

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