Hong Kong Stocks close up

The Hong Kong stock market closed up on Friday, 18 November 2016, buoyed by Wall Street rally overnight on rising expectations of a US rate hike next month Market talks indicated slim chances of the Shenzhen-HK Connect program launch on 21 November, and it may be delayed to December. The Hang Seng Index ended up 0.37%, or 81.33 points, to 22,344.21 and the Hang Seng China Enterprises index added 0.24%, or 22.77 points, to 9,349.31. Turnover decreased to HK$55.9 billion from HK$62.3 billion on Thursday.

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