HONG KONG: Hong Kong shares have closed 0.63 per cent higher, while Shanghai has surged almost five per cent after official data indicated a pick-up in Chinese manufacturing activity in May.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 172.97 points on Monday to 27,597.16 on turnover of $HK164.84 billion ($A27.85 billion).
In mainland China the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index surged 4.71 per cent, or 217.00 points, to end at 4,828.74 on turnover of 934.5 billion yuan ($A199.91 billion).
The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, gained 4.79 per cent, or 133.71 points, to 2,926.96 on turnover of 829.9 billion yuan.
