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The Hong Kong stock market closed higher on Friday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 0.32 percent to close at 25,077.62 points.
The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index rose 0.35 percent to end at 8,947.79 points, and the Hang Seng Tech Index rose 0.54 percent to end at 5,674.31 points.
Hong Kong stocks close higher Friday
China launched a Long March-8A carrier rocket on Tuesday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a new group of internet satellites into space.
The rocket lifted off at 23:25 (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. It successfully placed the payloads, the 18th group of low-orbit internet satellites, into preset orbit.
China's Long March-8A rocket launches new satellite group
