* HK->Shanghai Connect daily quota used 11.4%
* Shanghai->HK daily quota used 3.6%
* HSI -0.4%, HSCE -0.2%, CSI300 +1.0%
* FTSE China A50 +1.0%
Jan 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks ended lower on Tuesday
weighed down by technology stocks, including index heavyweights
Tencent and Alibaba, against the backdrop of a possible U.S.
Federal Reserve rate hike as soon as March and overhang from
China's regulatory crackdown on the tech sector.
** The Hang Seng index fell 0.4% to 24,112.78, while
the China Enterprises index lost 0.2% to 8,449.00
points.
** The Hang Seng Tech index fell 0.5%, with
Tencent Holdings down 2.8% and Alibaba Group Holding
off 1.6%.
** The Hang Seng Composite index tracking financial stocks
was down 0.2% and the Hang Seng Finance index
fell 0.3%.
** Insurer AIA Group Ltd lost 1.1% on Tuesday
after Capital Group Cos Inc's long position in AIA fell to 6.84%
from 7.03%.
** Mainland developers listed in Hong Kong gained
1.8%, as sentiment was lifted by China's central bank cutting
the borrowing costs of its medium-term loans.
** China will retain continuity and stability in its
property financing policy, central bank official Zou Lan said in
a briefing in Beijing on Tuesday, adding that property sales and
financing were steadily returning to normal levels.
** Hong Kong-listed shares of Shimao Group gained
4.1% after it won approval from creditors to extend the payment
deadline of a 450 million yuan ($70.86 million) asset-backed
security.
** Country Garden Holding Co Ltd's shares jumped
by 4.9%, after saying it plans to repurchase some of its senior
notes.
** The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 1% to 4,813.35,
while the Shanghai Composite index gained 0.8% to
3,569.91.
($1 = 6.3508 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(Reporting by Cheng Leng in Beijing, Jason Xue and Andrew
Galbraith in Shanghai)