HK shares edge up; snap six-week rally

* HSI snaps six-week rally on doubts about US, China

* Huiyuan Juice soars on possibility of Coke tie-up

* ICBC drops ahead of share lock-in expiry

* ZTE drops on broker downgrades after earnings (Updates to close)

By Parvathy Ullatil

HONG KONG, April 24 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday, with Huiyuan Juice spiking on hopes of a deal with Coca-Cola, but a run of six straight weekly gains ended as doubts emerged about the health of the financial sector and the pace of recovery in China.

Shares in China's top lender ICBC (1398.HK) dropped 2.5 percent on expectations of a sell-down of a strategic foreign holding in bank when a big chunk of shares emerge from their lock-in period on Tuesday. [ID:nHKG214642]

Goldman Sachs (GS.N), Allianz (ALVG.DE) and American Express (AXP.N) can trade a part of their stakes in the world's most valuable bank and many expect them to cash out, at least in part.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI ended 44.39 points higher at 15,258.85, but dropped 2.2 percent on week to end its longest weekly winning run since late 2007.

It is still up 12.4 percent this month and 6 percent higher than the beginning of the year.

Geoff Lewis, head of investment services in Hong Kong for JP Morgan Asset Management, said the Hong Kong market "had run ahead of itself a little bit," prompting the firm to switch to a neutral weight on Hong Kong from an overweight within its Asia-Pacific portfolio.

Turnover dropped to a two-and-a-half week low of HK$51.7 billion, suggesting the the market could struggle to extend its recent rally, said analysts.

Daily average turnover so far in April has risen to HK$65 billion from under HK$45 billion in the first quarter of 2009, helping bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (0388.HK) rise by as much as three-quarters since early March. The stock added 1.8 percent on Friday.

HUIYUAN BACK IN FAVOUR

China Huiyuan Juice (1886.HK) briefly jumped more than 24 percent to a five-week high on Friday as news that Coca-Cola (KO.N) was in informal talks with the company fuelled renewed hopes for a possible tie-up between the firms. [ID:nHKG255060]

Shares in China's top juice maker hit HK$6.3 but retreated to close at HK$5.74, up 13.4 percent. After Coke's buyout deal was scuttled by Beijing in March, shares in the Chinese juice maker had shed more than half their value.