Hong Kong stocks fall more than 3 pct during afternoon session

HONG KONG, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks once fell over 3 percent to 20,102.57 points during the afternoon session on Wednesday.

The Hang Seng index slightly rose 54 points to open at 20,820 points, but slumped more than 3 percent to as low as 20,102.57 points in the afternoon session. Technology stocks were down with Tencent and Alibaba once losing about 3 percent.