BEIJING – Hong Kong shares ended slightly higher on Thursday, led by gains in healthcare firms and blue-chip technology stocks, as investors shied away from big moves in holiday-thinned trading.
At the close of trade, the Hang Seng index was up 25.47 points, or 0.1 percent, at 23,112.01. The Hang Seng China Enterprises index fell 0.03 percent to 8,096.44.
The subindex of the Hang Seng tracking healthcare stocks closed 1.1 percent higher, but the energy sector dipped 1 percent.
The top gainer on the Hang Seng was WuXi Biologics Inc, which jumped 2.92 percent.
Heavyweight tech shares also rebounded from yesterday, with food delivery giant Meituan up 1.1 percent. The tech sector gained 0.1 percent.
Wuxi Biologics and Meituan were the two biggest point contributors lifting the Hang Seng index on the day.
The shares of SenseTime Group, the mainland's artificial intelligence start-up, jumped as much as 23 percent from its market debut in Hong Kong on Thursday, before closing 7.3 percent higher.
But mainland property developers listed in Hong Kong lost 0.7 percent.