China, Hong Kong shares close higher as tech stocks advance
SHANGHAI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - China and Hong Kong stocks closed higher on Tuesday, led by AI supply chain shares, as an overnight rally on Wall Street and sliding oil prices lifted risk sentiment across Asia.
** China's blue-chip CSI300 Index .CSI300 and the Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC both closed up 0.1%. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng .HSI was up 0.4%.
** Chip supply chain shares across Asia climbed, tracking an overnight rally on Wall Street that saw the Nasdaq .IXIC jump 2.7%.
** The 5G Communication Index .CSI931079 rose 2.6%, leading gains onshore, while the tech-focused STAR50 Index .STAR50 was up nearly 1%.
** Hong Kong-listed shares of optical communication giant Zhongji Innolight jumped 9%.
** Tech majors listed in Hong Kong .HSTECH were up 1.1%.
** Wuxi AppTec 603259.SS rose as much as 5% before paring gains, after the Pentagon removed the Chinese biotechnology company from its list of Chinese military companies.
** Non-ferrous metal shares .CSISNMIM edged up 0.1% as gold prices rebounded this month on falling oil prices. The CSI Energy Index .CSIEN fell 2.6%, with PetroChina 601857.SS down 6.3%.
** China's trade surplus surged past $1 trillion in the first 10 months as a global race to build AI infrastructure buoyed sales of high-tech products and helped offset weak domestic demand, a dynamic likely to sharpen tensions with major trading partners.
** Chinese chip firms Suzhou Denglin Technology 9917.HK and Jiangsu Xinde Semiconductor Technology 7672.HK made mixed Hong Kong trading debuts on Tuesday after raising a combined HK$2.36 billion ($301 million) in initial public offerings.