Hong Kong Stocks Climb for Second Day as Casinos Lead Advance

The Hang Seng Index climbed 0.4 ... while Sands China added 1.3 percent. Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing rose 0.3 percent, taking a two-day increase to 1.8 percent. Chinese lenders’ H shares carved out gains, with Bank of China Ltd., China Construction ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Shares May Find Support On Monday

The Hang Seng Index now rests just ... Among the actives, Hong Kong & China Gas plunged 3.56 percent, while China Resources Land plummeted 3.20 percent, China Resources Power Holdings lost 2.74 percent, Bank of China spiked 2.36 percent, HSBC advanced ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong: Stocks tick up at open after sell-off

[HONG KONG] Hong Kong stocks edged up at the start of trade Tuesday after tumbling more than two per cent over the previous two days on worries about the impact of a Donald Trump presidency on world trade and interest rates The Hang Seng index rose 0.22 ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese bankers heading to the top at global firms in Hong Kong

Mainland Chinese bankers are increasingly knocking Western expats off their perch at the senior end of Hong Kong investment banking. Mainland Chinese are increasingly taking senior roles in global investment banks in Hong Kong – at the expense of the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Government Still Cautious About Blockchain

They would share any lessons learned with the fintech industry and banking sector in Hong Kong, so as to facilitate further DLT developments. While embracing fintech generally, the event took a cautious approach to DLT. Delivering a keynote address ... ( read original story ...)

Asia Generally Negative, on Data, U.S. Campaign

But most analysts don't expect any moves from the central bank. The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong lost 20.27 points, or 0.1%, to 22,934.54 In currency markets, the yen weakened against the dollar, fetching 104.84 as of late afternoon local time, but still ... ( read original story ...)

Markets Right Now: Stocks move higher on Wall Street

The gains put the Dow on track to beat its all-time closing from August. Other indexes didn't do as well. ASIA'S DAY: Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost 1.4 percent to 22,531.09 and South Korea's Kospi fell 0.9 percent to 1,984.43. Stocks are opening higher ... ( read original story ...)

Trump fear fans dollar rally as emerging markets sink

The election result tremors were also felt across South Korea and Hong Kong as the Kospi plunged 3.27%, while Hang Seng knocked down 3.57%. Cash streaming into safe haven stocks, gold and currencies such as the yen was initially sent by his success. ( read original story ...)

US Election 2016: Asia markets bounce back after Trump win

Japan's Nikkei 225 index soared 6.7%, more than recovering losses from the previous session. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index added 2.1% with Australia's ASX index up 3.3%. Traders had expected Hillary Clinton to beat Mr Trump to become the next US president. ( read original story ...)

Markets Right Now: Stocks opening higher on Wall Street

South Korea's Kospi advanced 2.3 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 1.9 percent ... Barclays rose 0.3 per cent or 0.65p to 201.75p after the bank completed the sale of its £1.2 billion Spanish and Portuguese credit card business to Spanish online ... ( read original story ...)