Summary Benchmark Shanghai Composite Index added 0.12 percent, or 4.61 points, to 3,965.99.
HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong stocks surged 2.38 percent in the morning session Wednesday, their first day of trading after the Easter break, with investors ploughing into the market after weak US jobs data tempered expectations of a interest rate hike.
Hong Kong s benchmark Hang Seng Index added 602.06 points to 25,877.70 by lunch on turnover of HK$132.28 billion ($17.14 billion).
In mainland China the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index added 0.12 percent, or 4.61 points, to 3,965.99.
The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China s second exchange, dropped 1.05 percent, or 22.21 points, to 2,101.88.
