HK stocks opened sharply higher on Friday after the continued rebound of the US equity market overnight. The Hang Seng Index opened up 585 points to 22,424. The H-share index rose 257 points to 10,120.
Market heavyweights were all higher. HSBC (00005) gained 1.7% to HK$62.5. China Mobile (00941) jumped 1.5% to HK$95.5. Tencent (00700) shot up 2.1% to HK$135. HKEx (00388) added 1.5% to HK$188.9.