Hong Kong: Shares start with a bang

HONG KONG stocks opened with another healthy gain on Thursday (Oct 27) morning following a rally in US-listed Chinese tech firms that had been hammered earlier in the week.

The Hang Seng Index jumped 2.63 per cent, or 403.60 points, to 15,721.27.

But the Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.18 per cent, or 5.53 points, to 3,005.04, while the Shenzhen Composite Index on China’s second exchange added 0.15 per cent, or 2.90 points, to 1,960.82. AFP