Hong Kong - Hong Kong stocks rose again on Friday morning, extending the previous day's surge, on hopes for China-US trade talks and following a below-par US inflation report.
The Hang Seng Index rose 0.81%, or 218.05 points, to 27 232.54 by the break.
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