A passerby walks past a Hang Seng Index on an electronic stock board of a bank office in Hong Kong Monday, Oct. 8, 2001. Hong Kong stocks were lower midday after the United States and Britain struck Afghanistan overnight in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. At midday, the benchmark Hang Seng Index was down 280.46 points, or 2.73 percent, at 9,996.92. (AP Photo/Lo Sai Hung)