Hong Kong intervenes again to defend peg as US dollar advances

HONG KONG: Hong Kong intervened again to defend its currency peg as the greenback rallied after US-China trade talks yielded no progress.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) bought HK$1.77bil (US$225mil) during New York trading hours on Thursday, according to the de facto central bank’s page on Bloomberg.

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