HONG KONG, April 15 — Hong Kong stocks ended today with losses as optimism over the corporate earnings season and China-US trade talks was overshadowed by a late sell-off.

The Hang Seng Index slipped 0.33 per cent, or 99.04 points, to close at 29,810.72.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.34 per cent, or 10.84 points, to 3,177.79 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, shed 0.84 per cent, or 14.61 points, to 1,723.91. — AFP