© Reuters Hong Kong shares soar again: Hang Seng index rises more than 3% on holiday, gaming shares rise 22% on Wynn
Investing.com – The Hong Kong stock market opened higher and moved higher Thursday (8), the Hang Seng Index was up more than 3% and the Hang Seng Technology Index was up more 6%. However, turnover narrowed. Hang Seng Index turnover today was 160.694 billion, compared with 207.416 billion on the previous trading day; Beishui also bucked the trend and sold a slight net sale of 424 million, but recorded a net inflow of 2.844 billion .
At market close:
- Up 3.38%, to 19450.23 points;
- Up 2.21% to 19,506.5 points;
- Up 6.64% to 4270.21 points;
- It rose 3.63% to 6666.77 points.
Technology stocks broadly advanced, with Bilibili (HK:) (NASDAQ: ) surging 22.01%, leading the constituents of the Hang Seng Technology Index. Mingyuan Cloud (HK:) rose 15.15% and GDS (HK:) rose 11.28%.
Meanwhile, Tencent Holdings (HK:)(OTC:) climbed 5.73%. Alibaba (HK: ) (NYSE: ) climbed 5.11%.
Internet medical supplies surged again, after the mainland announced the “Guidelines for Home Treatment of Patients Infected with Novel Coronavirus”. Ali Health (HK:) was up 16.06%, JD Health (HK:) was up 12.19% and Ping An Good Doctor (HK:) was up 13.29%.
Inventories of film concepts have increased: “Avatar” opened for presale today, and the box office exceeded 40 million yuan in half a day. At the same time, with the cancellation of nucleic acid testing requirements, viewership should fully recover. Alibaba Pictures (HK:) rose 11.32%, Maoyan Entertainment (HK:) rose 12.42% and IMAX CHINA (HK:) rose 16.59%.
Pharmaceutical stocks have increased. The National Health and Medical Commission has released a reference list of commonly used medicines for home treatment of people infected with the new coronavirus, and cold medicines in many places were strained. WuXi Biologics (HK:) increased by 9.35%, Innovent Biologics (HK:) increased by 10.51%, Fosun Pharma (HK:) increased by 7.19% and BeiGene (HK:) increased by 10.77%.
Holiday concept shares generally rose, Meituan (HK:) rose 6.45%, Haidilao (HK:) rose 6.22%, Jiumaojiu (HK:) rose 6.44%, Huazhu Group-S (HK:) increased by 3.38%, Tongcheng Travel (HK: ) increased by 9.79% and Ctrip Group (HK:) increased by 5.31%.
Gaming shares soared, Sands China (HK:) rose 10.00%, Wynn Macau (HK:) rose 22.39%, SJM Holdings (HK:) rose 10.53%, MGM China (HK:) was up 12.77%, Melco International Development (HK: ) was up 15.84%, Galaxy Entertainment (HK:) was up 5.62%.
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