hong kong stocks opened slightly higher tuesday following five days of losses as traders kept tabs on developments in russia and awaited guidance from the federal reserve on its plans for hiking interest rates the hang seng index edged up 031 percent or 5753 points to 1885166 the shanghai composite index added 009 percent or 269 points to 315331 while the shenzhen composite index on chinas second exchange gained 010 percent or 205 points to 200498