Pedestrians walk past a stocks display panel showing activity of the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong September 4, 2019. — AFP pic
HONG KONG, Jan 9 — Hong Kong shares ended more than one per cent higher today following a record lead from Wall Street as investors cheered easing tensions between the US and Iran.
The Hang Seng index was jumped 1.68 per cent, or 473.08 points, to finish at 28,561.00.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.91 per cent, or 27.98 points, to 3,094.88 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, added 1.76 per cent, or 31.06 points, to 1,800.64. — AFP