Hong Kong stocks nearly unchanged at the open despite the US Postal Service resuming the receipt of packages from Mainland China and Hong Kong, following a brief suspension.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index opened 1 point higher at 20,598 points. The Hang Seng Tech Index opened 3 points lower to 4,926 points.

Meituan (3690) opened 1.3 percent higher at HK$152.80, while Tencent (0700) and Alibaba (9988) opened 0.4 and 0.6 percent lower, respectively.

In China, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Index opened 2 points lower at 3,226 points, while the Shenzhen Component Index recorded 10,142 points, 0.21 percent lower.