HK Hot Stocks-Yanzhou Coal gains, metal stocks rise
HONG KONG, Aug 26 (Reuters) - At 0218 GMT the benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI was down 0.9 percent at 20,918.22.
The China Enterprises Index .HSCE of top locally listed mainland Chinese firms had fallen 0.7 percent.
Here are some of the stocks on the move in early trade:
* Yanzhou Coal (1171.HK) added 2.8 percent to Monday's 5.8 percent rally after the company reported a 160 percent rise in first-half profit on higher coal prices.
* A weaker U.S. dollar and resurgent oil prices supported gains in commodity-linked stocks, including Aluminum Corp of China (2600.HK), which advanced 1.5 percent, and Jaingxi Copper (0358.HK), which rose 1.8 percent.
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(Reporting by Parvathy Ullatil; Editing by Ken Wills)
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