Protests continue. China's top Hong Kong policy official will speak on Monday for the first time him him

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index is now down over 1% as protests continued and escalated over the weekend.

Technically, the price has moved down will to test the 50 day MA at 28623.13. The last two tests of that MA resulted in bounces higher. Those bounces did take the price above the 100 day MA (blue line) but only for a day.

Hang Seng index is testing the 50 day MA

The protestors were initially as a result of extradition from Hong Kong to China, but has evolved to include calls for greater democracy, police brutality, and the resignation of cities leader Carrie Lam.

Beijing's top official dealing with Hong Kong will the giving a briefing on the issue at 3 PM local time in Beijing. This is the first address concerning the protests since they began eight weeks ago.