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Hong Kong, Sep 20 (EFE/EPA).- The benchmark index of the Hong Kong stock market, the Hang Seng, dropped Monday 3.5 percent at 3:00 p.m. local time (7:00 GMT) on a day marked by the falls of companies in the real estate sector, which fell more than 6 percent.The uncertainty regarding the future of the Chinese real estate developer Evergrande, one of the largest in the Asian country, has dragged other companies in the sector such as Henderson Land or New World Development to fall more than 10 percent at that time. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: PEDESTRIANS WALK PAST AN ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD SHOWING THE HANG SENG INDEX FIGURES IN HONG KONG.

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