A man wearing a facemask amid concerns over the spread of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus, walks past a stock market display board showing movements of the Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index at a shopping mall in Bangkok March 15, 2020. — AFP pic
HONG KONG, April 9 — Stocks in Hong Kong ended with a healthy rally today, in line with an advance across Asia, with investors cheered by signs that the rate of new coronavirus infections was slowing.The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index added 0.37 per cent, or 10.54 points, to 2,825.90, and the Shenzhen Composite Index on China’s second exchange gained 0.85 per cent, or 14.72 points, to 1,755.37.