Hong Kong stocks open 0.77 percent higher

Agence France-Presse

10:14 am | Friday, June 28th, 2013

HONG KONG–Hong Kong stocks rose 0.77 percent after the opening bell Friday following another rally on Wall Street that was fueled by comments from a Federal Reserve official that its bond-buying programme will not be wound up too soon.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 156.55 points to 20,596.63 in the first few minutes of trade.

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