Hong Kong's main Hang Seng index ended higher on Thursday, with investors buying high-tech shares amid talks of possible government support for Chinese technology companies. The Hang Seng index was up 248.16 points or 0.88 percent at 28,607.30 points. The Hang Seng China Enterprises index rose 1.09 percent to 11,019.93.
The sub-index of the Hang Seng tracking energy shares dipped 0.4 percent, the property sector was flat, and the financial sector was 1.07 percent higher. The IT sector rose 2.61 percent as China revamped a national leadership group charged with planning and studying its key technological development strategies, signalling the possibility of policy shifts that could benefit China's tech sector.