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HK shares gain as China Mobile leads blue chips

Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:03pm EST

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 HONG KONG, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks rose on
Wednesday, as gains on Wall Street gave the market a more sure
footing, with China Mobile (0941.HK) leading the blue chips after
suffering a five-session declining streak.
 The benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI opened up 0.6 percent at
26,880.09.
 The China Enterprises index of H shares .HSCE, or Hong
Kong-listed shares in mainland companies, was up 1.1 percent as
of 0201 GMT.
 (Reporting by Rita Chang; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree)



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