July 23 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks closed higher on Tuesday, following a global rally boosted by e...View MoreJuly 23 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks closed higher on Tuesday, following a global rally boosted by expectations that the European Central Bank and the
Federal Reserve will cut interest rates.
** The Hang Seng index rose 0.3% to 28,466.48, while the China Enterprises Index gained 0.4% to 10,809.92.
** Around the region, MSCI's Asia ex-Japan stock index was firmer by 0.16%, while Japan's Nikkei
index closed up 0.95%.
** The yuan was quoted at 6.879 per U.S. dollar at 08:14 GMT,
0.04% firmer than the previous close of 6.8817.
** The top gainers among H-shares were Hengan International Group Company Ltd up 5.6%,
followed by PICC Property and Casualty Co Ltd, gaining 3.93% and China Resources Beer Holdings Co Ltd, up by 2.54%.
** The three biggest H-shares percentage decliners were Country Garden Holdings Co
Ltd, which was down 2.15%, China Vanke Co Ltd, which fell 1.95% and China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd, down by 1.82%.
** About 979.41 million Hang Seng index shares were traded, roughly 67.9% of the market's 30-day moving
average of 1.44 billion shares a day. The volume traded in the previous trading session was 1.14
billion.
** At close, China's A-shares were trading at a premium of 27.62% over Hong Kong-listed H-shares.
(Reporting by the Shanghai Newsroom; editing by Gopakumar Warrier)
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