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Hong Kong shares rebound as oil stocks gain

Thu Jan 3, 2008 9:07pm EST

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 HONG KONG, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks rebounded on
Friday, with oil stocks such as PetroChina (0857.HK) climbing as
crude prices hovered below $100 per barrel.
 The benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI opened up 0.44 percent
at 27,004.34.
 The China Enterprises index of H shares .HSCE, or Hong
Kong-listed shares in mainland companies, was up 0.58 percent as
of 0203 GMT at 15,572.48.
 (Reporting by Judy Hua; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree)



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