Record-breaking run set to continue as US economic data lifts sentiment
HONG KONG stocks may scale new heights when the market re-opens on Monday, furthering their record-breaking run.
Gains on Wall Street overnight on Friday lifted Hong Kong stocks listed in London, with the Hang Seng London Reference Index adding 89.7 points to close the week at 12,308.1 points.
Benign US September inflation data and a downward revision of August retail sales more than compensated for higher-than-forecast September sales figures.
This pushed US T-bonds and shares ahead.
Locally, the Hang Seng Index closed on Friday at 12,218.4 points, having climbed 312.89 points over the week. In doing so, it broke the previous record close of 12,201 set on January 4, 1994.
Investor sentiments in Hong Kong had been boosted by US economic data from the previous Friday showing an unexpected fall in employment.