Hong Kong bourse logs biggest quarterly profit fall in 3 years on protests
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's stock exchange operator said quarterly profit dropped 8%, the steepest slide in nearly three years, as investor sentiment was hit by months of political unrest that pushed the Asian financial hub into recession.Also citing the U.S.-China trade war and uncertainty over Brexit, the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) said profit tumbled to HK$2.2 billion ($281 million) in the third quarter from the same period a year earlier.Revenue fell 6% to HK$3.3..