Hong Kong stocks faced broad selling pressure on September 25, with all three major indexes opening lower and losses widening through the morning. By the midday close, the Hang Seng Index had declined 1.69% and the Hang Seng Tech Index had fallen 2.14%. An earlier market account reported smaller declines of 0.29% and 0.41%, respectively, alongside gains in oil, port transport and banking shares and weakness in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, chips and mainland property stocks.