HONG KONG, Apr 15 — Hong Kong equities finished lower Wednesday despite an overnight rebound on Wall Street prompted by encouraging signs of a decline in US coronavirus infection rates. 

The Hang Seng index dropped 1.19 per cent, or 290.06 points, to end at 24,145.34.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.57 per cent, or 16.11 points, to 2,811.17 while the Shenzhen Composite Index on China’s second exchange dropped 0.53 per cent, or 9.28 points, at 1,736.13. — AFP