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HK shares jump 4 pct to scale 6 ½ month high

Sun May 3, 2009 11:10pm EDT

HONG KONG, May 4 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares extended gains to rise more than 4 percent on Monday, sending the main index to its highest level since mid-October 2008, with investors cheered by signs of recovery in China and stabilisation in the U.S. economy.

By 0304 GMT the benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI was up 592.03 points at 16,113.02, breaking through the 16,000-point mark for the first time this year.

The China Enterprises Index .HSCE of top mainland companies had risen 3.9 percent to 9,433.08.

(Reporting by Parvathy Ullatil; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Chris Lewis)



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