** Shares of China Aoyuan Group Ltd 3883.HK drop 10.2% to
HK$1.67, their biggest intraday percentage decline since Dec 3
** Stock set to snap five consecutive sessions of gains, and
is second-biggest percentage decliner in Hang Seng Composite
Index, which tracks properties and construction stocks .HSCIPC
** The Guangdong, China-based property developer says its
unaudited property sales contracted in January 2022 amounting
1.92 bln yuan ($302.1 mln) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2UM0NY
** It was down 81% as compared with 10.11 bln yuan in
January 2021 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2KG0UT
** Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index .HSMPI drops 4.6%
and Hang Seng Composite Index, which tracks properties and
construction stocks .HSCIPC , falls 2.7%
** Hang Seng Composite Index .HSCI and the benchmark Hang
Seng Index .HSI slip 1.3% each
($1 = 6.3558 Chinese yuan)
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))