The Chinese mainland’s blue-chip index is on track for a third straight weekly gain, while tech shares lifted the Hong Kong benchmark despite Wall Street’s selloff, as the Chinese mainland’s stimulus and easing of COVID-19 curbs offset worries about US monetary tightening.
Hong Kong benchmark Hang Seng rose 0.8 percent, while the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 1.4 percent.
In the HKSAR, financial and property shares rose, but energy and industrial sectors weakened.