Hong Kong: Stocks close slightly higher

[HONG KONG] Hong Kong stocks battled back from a day in negative territory to end Friday (Jan 21) with another small gain, bucking a trend across most of Asia and Wall Street thanks to late bargain-buying.

The Hang Seng Index inched up 0.05 per cent, or 13.20 points, to 24,965.55.

The Shanghai Composite Index shed 0.91 per cent, or 32.49 points, to 3,522.57, while the Shenzhen Composite Index on China's second exchange sank 1.32 per cent, or 32.04 points, to 2,387.65.

AFP