In Hong Kong HSBC shares rose 1.5% before the company’s announcement early today in London that it had missed earnings estimates. The gain helped push the Hang Seng Index up 1.4.% In China the Shanghai Composite advanced 0.9% a…
Chinese policy makers are scratching their heads after a raft of measures meant to cool the country’s red-hot real estate market seem to have done little to accomplish their aim. Rising property shares sent Hong Kong’s Hang Sen…
Asian investors brushed aside worries over continuously rising Chinese inflation today, focusing instead on bargain shopping. Energy companies were a major attraction as oil prices surged. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index climbed 1….
Bargain hunters poured money into Chinese shares Friday, sending the Shanghai Composite Index surging 1.4%. In Hong Kong, however, the Hang Seng Index lost 0.5%, and in Japan, the Nikkei 225 tumbled 1.6%.
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