Hong Kong shares ended higher on Friday, led by IT and energy stocks, tracking gains in Asian markets following an overnight rebound in US technology shares. The Hang Seng index ended 0.9 percent higher at 30,280.67, while the China Enterprises Index closed 1 percent higher at 12,066.58 points.
For the week, Hang Seng fell 0.5 percent, while HSCE rose 0.1 percent.
The sub-index of the Hang Seng tracking energy shares rose 2.9 percent, while the IT sector climbed 1.41 percent, the financial sector was 0.43 percent higher and property sector gained 0.6 percent.
The top gainer on Hang Seng was WH Group Ltd, which gained 4.81 percent, while the biggest loser was China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd, which lost 6.37 percent.
As of previous trading session, the Hang Seng index was up 0.3 percent this year, while China's H-share index was up 2.1 percent. As of previous close, the Hang Seng dropped 0.28 percent this month.
The top gainers among H-shares were CRRC Corp Ltd up 4.91 percent, followed by China Petroleum & Chemical Corp gaining 4.62 percent and China Mobile Ltd up by 3.74 percent.
The three biggest H-shares percentage decliners were Guangdong Investment Ltd, which lost 2.71 percent, Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd, which dropped 2.2 percent and Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Ltd down by 1.9 percent.
About 1.66 billion Hang Seng index shares were traded, roughly 90.3 percent of the market's 30-day moving average of 1.84 billion shares a day.
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