Hong Kong shares finished up on Friday, climbing for a second day heartened by the prospect that US interest rates will stay low for a while. Asian share markets broadly extended gains after the Federal Reserve gave an upbeat economic assessment the day before, saying it would take a "patient" approach to raising rates. The Hang Seng index rose 1.3 percent, to 23,116.63 points, while the China Enterprises Index gained 0.6 percent, to 11,400.19 points.
Among the most actively traded stocks on Hong Kong's main board were CCT Land Holdings Ltd, unchanged at HK$0.02 G-Resources Group Ltd, up 1.7 percent at HK$0.18 and China Construction Bank Corp, up 1.0 percent at HK$6.12. Chinese investment flowing from Shanghai into Hong Kong through the mutual market access pilot programme took up 0.25 billion yuan ($40.19 million) of the 10.5 billion yuan daily quota. Total trading volume of companies included in the HSI index was 2.3 billion shares.
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