Hong Kong's equity market rebounded on Wednesday, its first trading day following the holiday break, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index closing 3.09 percent higher at 25,893.02 points.
The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index gained 2.61 percent to finish at 8,677.31 points, while the Hang Seng Tech Index jumped 5.22 percent to end the day at 4,923.25 points.
The Hang Seng Tech Index, which tracks the 30 largest technology stocks listed in Hong Kong, rallied more than 3 percent shortly after opening in Wednesday's morning session.
Hong Kong stocks advance on return from break, tech index surges 5.22 pct
Chinese stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 2.70 percent to 3,995.00 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 4.79 percent higher at 14,042.50 points.
The combined turnover of the two indices totaled 2.43 trillion yuan (about 353.8 billion U.S. dollars), expanding from 1.61 trillion yuan on the previous trading day.
Precious metals, AI applications, computing hardware and semiconductor chips led the gains, while oil, gas, coal and pharmaceutical retail bucked the trend and fell.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, gained 5.91 percent to close at 3,347.61 points.
The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, closed 5.64 percent higher at 1,738.35 points.
Chinese shares close higher Wednesday
