HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks jumped 1.37 percent following a third successive advance on Wall Street, while traders await the release of preliminary Chinese manufacturing data later in the week.

The Hang Seng Index rose 315.39 points to 23,403.97 on turnover of HK$61.51 billion ($7.94 billion).

But in mainland China the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.56 percent, or 13.11 points, to 2,326.55 on turnover of 138.5 billion yuan ($22.6 billion).

The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, dropped 1.11 percent, or 14.74 points, to 1,316.03 on turnover of 151.1 billion yuan.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2014