Hong Kong stocks recouped losses to end largely unchanged on Friday, boosted by a late-session rally in index-heavyweight Tencent Holdings, as caution reigned ahead of a fresh round of Sino-US trade talks. The Hang Seng index rose 0.1 percent to 29,113.36, while the China Enterprises Index lost 0.2 percent to 11,517.48 points.
The sub-index of the Hang Seng tracking energy shares dipped 0.3 percent, while the IT sector rose 0.7 percent, the financial sector ended 0.06 percent higher and the property sector rose 0.28 percent.
The top gainer on the Hang Seng was Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd, which rose 5.96 percent, while the biggest loser was China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd, which fell 2.11 percent.
A US trade delegation headed by Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will visit China on March 28-29 for the next round of negotiations, China's commerce ministry said on Thursday.