HK Hot Stocks: Yanzhou Coal jumps, Shenhua falls
HONG KONG, April 29 (Reuters) - Here are some stocks on the move in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
As of 0243 GMT, the benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI had risen 0.71 percent to 25,847.26 points.
The China Enterprises Index of Hong Kong-listed mainland companies .HSCE, or H shares, was up 0.94 percent at 14,329.63.
STOCKS ON THE MOVE:
* Shares in coal producer China Shenhua Energy (1088.HK: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)(601088.SS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), fell 5.4 percent to HK$35.65 after mining giant Anglo American (AAL.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)(AGLJ.J: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) sold its entire 4.58 percent stake in the company, worth $707 million, at a discount to Monday's closing price.
The losses come after London and Johannesburg-listed Anglo American sold 155.6 million shares overnight at HK$35.46 each, the bottom of an indicated range, in a block trade arranged by UBS (UBSN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)USN.N [ID:nHKG285977].
* Shares in China coal producer Yanzhou Coal Mining (1171.HK: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) leapt more than 7 percent to HK$14.86 after the firm reported strong Q1 results on soaring coal prices.
On Monday, the company posted a more than two-fold jump in first-quarter net profit to 1.49 billion yuan ($212.8 million), according to Chinese accounting standards. [ID:nHKF079128]
* China's top offshore oil and gas producer, CNOOC Ltd (0883.HK: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) (CEO.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), climbed 3 percent to HK$14.34 after it said it produced 5 percent more oil and gas in the first quarter while its total revenue jumped 61.8 percent on high oil prices.
State-owned CNOOC, its coffers bulging with oil revenue, is hunting for overseas assets to meet demand from China, the world's largest oil consumer after the United States. [ID:nHKU000993]
* Bank of China (3988.HK: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)(601988.SS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the country's second-biggest lender, gained 2.3 percent to HK$3.98 after it posted an 85 percent jump in first-quarter profit, driven by strong fee income and a lower tax rate.
January-March earnings were 21.7 billion yuan versus 11.7 billion yuan a year earlier. The company also said it had reduced its subprime mortgage-related debt securities to $4.4 billion from $5 billion. [ID:nHKG348586]
* Cheung Kong Infrastructure (1038.HK: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) (CKI) climbed 2.17 percent to HK$33.00 after it said it would buy the entire Vector Wellington Electricity Network Ltd for about NZ$785 million ($615.7 million).
CKI intended to sell part of its interest in the New Zealand electricity distributor to Hongkong Electric Holdings (0006.HK: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) but no formal agreement had yet been reached. Trading in shares of CKI will resume on Tuesday. For full statement please sees here
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