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Hong Kong leads growth in Asia Pacific , there were also increases for Chinese technology stocks, CNBC reported.
The benchmark Hang Seng in Hong Kong added 1.24%, or 285.66 points to its value, to 23 397.67 points, which erased some losses, but is still on track to record a 14% annual decline.
Shares of Chinese companies in the city rose sharply on Friday, as the shares of Alibaba ) rose by 8.19%, those of Meituan by 3.21% and Tencent reported over 3% price increase. The technological measure Hang Seng Tech index occurred with 3.57% to 5670.96 points. )
The main stock indices in mainland China also ended Friday’s green trading session. The benchmark Shanghai composite increased by 0.57% to 3639.78 points, while the measure Shenzhen component increased by 0.41% to around 14 857,35 points.
Industrial activity in China is growing in December. Official statistics show that the index of procurement managers is at 50.3 points this month. For comparison – in November the indicator was equal to 50.1 points. The result is above the forecasts of analysts, who expected the index to fall slightly below the 50-point mark, which separates the growth from the contraction, reported Reuters.
In Australia, the benchmark S & P / ASX 200 shrank 0.92 percent to 7444.60 points. The Singapore index Straits Time also declined, ending the session at 3123.68 points.
The broad index MSCI for shares in the Asia-Pacific region outside Japan added 0.54 to one hundred to its value.
The dollar index reached 96,025 points, while 115.10 Japanese Yen sold for one US dollar. The Australian Dollar was traded for 0.7259 USD.
last trading day the two main varieties of oil became more expensive , reaching price levels of about $ 80 per barrel.
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