Hang Seng Index closes 0.36% higher

HONG KONG – Hong Kong's stock market ended higher on Tuesday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 0.36 percent to close at 21,298.70 points. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index rose 0.6 percent to end at 7,232.25 points, and the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 1.15 percent to close at 4,516.31 points.

Doubleview Achieves Initial 56% Scandium Recovery in First Metallurgical Test of Hat Deposit Flotation Tailings – Potentially the First Major Source of Scandium in N. America

Vancouver, BC, Feb 7, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Doubleview Gold Corp. (TSXV: DBG) (OTCQB: DBLVF) (FSE: 1D4) (“Doubleview”) is pleased to announce that its first attempt at recovering scandium in a sequential purification process has recovered 56% (fifty six percent) of scandium in tailings from its Hat Copper, Gold, Cobalt property. Scandium was recovered as a phosphate precipitate by treating flotation tailings …

HK home prices drop 15.6% in 2022, snap 13 years of gain

In this file photo dated Sept 21, 2021, a general view of high-rise residential buildings and skyscrapers are seen in Hong Kong. (PHOTO / AP) Private home prices in Hong Kong fell 15.6 percent in 2022 in the first annual drop since 2008, official data showed on Friday. Prices in the financial hub were weighed down by a weak economic outlook and rising mortgage costs, …

Hang Seng Index closes 0.54% higher

Hong Kong's stock market ended higher on Friday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 0.54 percent to close at 22,688.9 points. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index rose 0.87 percent to end at 7,773.61 points, and the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 1.04 percent to close at 4,813.23 points. 

Hang Seng Index closes 1.82% higher

HONG KONG – Hong Kong's stock market ended higher on Friday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 1.82 percent to close at 22,044.65 points. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index rose 2.34 percent to end at 7,483.58 points, the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 2.67 percent to close at 4,568.79 points.  

Hong Kong goods exports volume down 26.9% in Nov

This undated photo shows the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals in Hong Kong. (XINHUA) HONG KONG – The volume of Hong Kong’s total goods exports decreased 26.9 percent year-on-year in November, according to data released by the city’s Census and Statistics Department on Monday. The volume of goods imports for the month also dropped 24.4 percent compared to the same period last year. The prices of …

Border reopening: Midland expects HK home prices to rise

The sun sets over a residential area in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong on July 14, 2022. (YAN ZHAO / AFP) Hong Kong's property market is expected to revive in 2023, with home buying sentiment on the rise boosted by the lifting of cross-border travel restrictions between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland from Jan 8, real estate agency Midland Realty said Friday. The number …

Hong Kong shares higher at midday Friday

SHANGHAI – Hong Kong stocks ended the morning session higher on Friday. The Hang Seng Index and the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index rose 0.5 percent to 21,150.73 and 0.7 percent to 7,216.59, respectively. For the week, the Hang Seng benchmark has added 7 percent to reach a six-month high. Tech giants listed in Hong Kong added 0.6 percent, with Alibaba and Tencent up more than 2 …

Property sales in Hong Kong down 49.6% year-on-year in Dec

This photo taken on Aug 3, 2019 shows a general view of residential and commercial buildings in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong, with the skyline of Hong Kong Island past Victoria Harbour in the distance. (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) HONG KONG – The Land Registry recorded 3,565 sale and purchase agreements for all building units received for registration in Hong Kong in December, down …

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index closes 3.22% higher

HONG KONG – Hong Kong stocks closed higher on Wednesday. The Hang Seng Index ended higher on Wednesday, up 3.22 percent to close at 20,793.11 points. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index rose 3.39 percent to end at 7,065.53 points.  The Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index climbed up to 7 percent, to its highest since Dec 9. The Hang Seng Tech Index increased 4.58 percent …

COVID: 75 more die as HK caseload falls to 16K

Passengers wearing facemasks board a junk boat on Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on Dec 22, 2022. (ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP) HONG KONG – Hong Kong saw 16,186 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, a decrease from 20,230 on Monday, as 75 more patients passed away. The new cases comprised 15,862 local infections and 324 imported cases, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department …