As for Mainland-based financial stocks, China Construction Bank, the country's second largest bank which accounts for the third largest weighting of the Hang Seng Index, rose 1.90 percent to 5. 91 HK dollars. ICBC,the world's largest bank by market value, went up 0.78 percent at 5.19 HK dollars. Bank of Communications, China' s fifth biggest lender measured by assets, added 1.83 percent at 5. 57 HK dollars. Bank of China moved up 1.25 percent at 3.24 HK dollars.
Local developers also ended higher. Hang Lung Properties gained 1.81 percent to 28.15 HK dollars. Henderson Land, one of the major developers in Hong Kong, went up 1.28 percent to 55.3 HK dollars. Cheung Kong Holding, a powerful HK-based developer controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, added 0.94 percent to 118.4 HK dollars.
As for energy stocks, China's top refiner Sinopec rose 0.87 percent to 8.12 HK dollars. PetroChina, the country's largest oil and gas producer, went up 0.20 percent to 10.2 HK dollars.
Belle Int'l was the best-performing blue chip in the day, with its shares rising 2.40 percent to 16.24 HK dollars.
Cathay Pac Air was the worst-performing blue chip in the day, with its shares falling 1.01 percent to 13.78 HK dollars. (1 U.S. dollar equals to 7.75 HK dollars)
Memorial service held for China's fighter jet production head