Crude futures settle lower

Oil prices inched down on Wednesday.

The West Texas Intermediate for August delivery dropped 0.21 percent to settle at 66.38 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for September delivery decreased 0.28 percent to settle at 68.52 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange.

Crude futures settle lower

Hong Kong's stock market ended lower on Monday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index down 0.71 percent to close at 25,635.23 points.

The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index lost 0.26 percent to end at 8,891.71 points, and the Hang Seng Tech Index edged down 0.30 percent to end at 5,483.01 points.

Hong Kong stocks close lower