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HK shares close 0.84 pct higher on oil stocks

Fri Jun 6, 2008 4:06am EDT

HONG KONG, June 6 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares closed 0.84 percent higher on Friday, trimming the week's losses to 0.3 percent, helped by gains in oil stocks and local blue chips ahead of the long weekend.

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The Hang Seng Index .HSI unofficially closed 204.07 points higher at 24,459.36.

The China Enterprises Index of the top locally listed mainland firms rose 1.3 percent to 13,527.53.

(US$1 =HK$7.80) (Reporting by Parvathy Ullatil; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree) (Reuters Messaging - parvathy.ullatil@thomsonreuters.com; +852 28436415))

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