HK market opens higher on hopes over interest rates
Hong Kong stocks opened with another gain on Thursday, extending the previous day's surge fuelled by optimism that the Federal Reserve has come to the end of its rate-hiking cycle. The Hang Seng Index added 0.5 percent to 18,174. The Shanghai Composite Index dipped 0.2 percent to 3,066, and the Shenzhen Composite Index eased 0.3 percent to 1,929. (AFP)