Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index briefly rose 4%, while the Hang Seng Tech index climbed 5.33%. In mainland China, the Shenzhen Component inched up 0.892%, while the Shanghai Composite Index climbed 0.79%.
Hong Kong Hopes Summit of Business Leaders Signals Comeback as Financial Hub
International and regional business leaders from more than 100 financial institutions ended a three-day summit in Hong Kong Thursday that was widely seen as a signal that the territory is back in ...
Stocks in Hong Kong log best week in more than a decade
London (CNN Business)Global investors have two big questions on their ... investors have been getting excited over speculation that coronavirus restrictions in China could be eased. Hong Kong's Hang ...
Hong Kong Up 5.4%, Property and Tech Sectors Surge
The Hong Kong Hang Seng Index opened evenly and rose to the close, finishing up 5.4% on persistent social-media rumors that Beijing will ease the strict anti-pandemic policies that have locked down ...
HSBC top shareholder Ping An urges aggressive cost cuts, renews spin-off push
HSBC Holdings' largest shareholder Ping An has urged the lender to cut costs aggressively and exit sub-scale non-Asian markets as the Chinese financial conglomerate pushes harder for the bank to spin ...
Ping an Urges HSBC to Make Aggressive Cost Cuts
HSBC should be "more aggressive in radically reducing costs" and consider layoffs, Ping An Asset Management, the bank's largest shareholder and a wholly-owned unit of Ping An Insurance, said in a ...
Fiji wins big at Hong Kong Sevens, Samoa shocks NZ
Fiji began its interrupted quest for a sixth successive title at the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens with a seemingly effortless 59-12 win over Japan on Friday. Fiji’s fifth title came in 2019 and it has had ...
Hong Kong Launching Film, Streaming Production Support Schemes
Hong Kong is launching two new film and streaming support schemes, one for cross-border productions, the other for development of streaming content. The maximum total value of the two schemes is $15 ...
Hong Kong Sevens makes comeback after Covid hiatus
Rugby fans and revellers cheered the return of the Hong Kong Sevens today as the city’s highest profile sporting event was held after a three-year Covid-19 hiatus, though safety protocols meant crowds ...
Hong Kong finance summit spurs questions about the business hub’s future
The attendance of top executives has been criticized as an endorsement of human rights abuses, but their presence signals the city's business resilience.
Hong Kong Comeback Party Goes Better Than Feared as Markets Soar
Hong Kong’s big week aimed at relaunching the city didn’t get off to a great start. Top executives were pulling out of the long-awaited banking summit for health reasons. The finance chief caught ...
Hong Kong Rugby Sevens is back. Rugby union says demand is high despite Covid measures
"Those restrictions are there but I don't think it takes away from the key ingredients of the Sevens —which is great rugby, entertainment and a fun weekend," Brooke said.
Revelers return to Hong Kong 7s for 1st time since pandemic
Revelers returned to Hong Kong Stadium on Friday to enjoy a highly-anticipated international rugby sevens tournament for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. It wasn't a celebration for ...
In Bid to Show It Is Open, Hong Kong Bends Covid Rules … for Some
Three splashy events this week were meant to prove that the former British colony was still “Asia’s World City.” But pandemic exemptions were only doled out to those who could afford them.