Hong Kong, Shanghai Stocks End Week With Gains 18 January 2019

Hong Kong, Shanghai stocks end week with gains 18 January 2019

Hong Kong stocks finished another healthy week on a positive note Friday as investors cheered a report that the US is considering lifting Chinese tariffs in a bid to hammer out a trade deal between the world's top two economies

Hong Kong, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Jan, 2019 ) :Hong Kong stocks finished another healthy week on a positive note Friday as investors cheered a report that the US is considering lifting Chinese tariffs in a bid to hammer out a trade deal between the world's top two economies.

The Hang Seng Index rose 1.25 percent, or 335.18 points, to end at 27,090.81.

And the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index climbed 1.42 percent, or 36.37 points, to close at 2,596.01, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, added 0.99 percent, or 13.00 points, to 1,322.14.