Index makes small gains above 18,000 amid warning of weak sentiment
Hong Kong stocks edged up to another record close yesterday as blue chips paused for breath after a strong rally on Monday drove the Hang Seng Index to its first finish above the 18,000-point level.
The index settled with a gain of 8.83 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 18,301.69.
'The market seesawed in a very narrow range,' KGI Asia associate director Ben Kwong Man-bun said.
The index peaked at 18,397.57, setting a new intraday high that was slightly above Monday's record of 18,350.61.
Citic Pacific finished 4.39 per cent ahead at HK$47.50 after the company agreed to buy more than US$80 million of equipment from Lucent Technologies to help develop its mainland fibre-optic network.
'Citic is transforming itself from a property to a technology stock,' Delta Asia Securities research manager Ricky Tam Siu-hing said.