Hong Kong stocks ended higher on Thursday, tracking the global rally in equities and led higher by financial firms, which tracked gains in mainland peers and helped mitigate losses in energy shares.
The Hang Seng index rose 0.2 per cent, to 28,459.03 points, while the China Enterprises Index gained 0.8 per cent, to 11,500.34 points.
Performance across sectors was mixed.Read more
Most Asian stock markets rose Tuesday after Japan reported better-than-expected data for April, and Chinese mainland markets up more than 2%.
Shares in Japan were also buoyed by expectations that a 2017 sales tax hike will be delayed until 2019, and by a weakening in the Japanese yen. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.98% at 17,234.98.
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Asian stocks mostly gained on Tuesday and the Japanese yen rallied to a fresh eighteen-month high as investors grew doubtful about global central banks' ability to boost growth through aggressive policy easing.
On Tuesday, Australia's shares climbed and its dollar falling after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates unexpectedly. The RBA cut its benchmark rate by 25Read more