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China energy firms up but Shanghai, Hong Kong buck Asia rally

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PetroChina, China's biggest energy producer
Hong Kong - AFP

Chinese energy firms advanced on Thursday following the latest moves to reform the country's bloated state-owned enterprises, but the gains were unable to help Hong Kong and Shanghai keep up with an Asia-wide market rally.

Another broadly upbeat batch of data on the US economy provided some support on regional trading floors, while tensions over Turkey's shooting down of a Russian fighter jet also eased slightly.

PetroChina, the biggest energy producer, said it would sell its stake in a pipeline company for as much as $2.4 billion and transfer assets to boost the commercial business of its Kunlun Energy unit.

However, with afternoon bargain-buying kicking in on trading floors in Hong Kong and Shanghai, PetroChina pared the morning's big gains. It was up 0.3 percent in Hong Kong and ended slightly lower in Shanghai.
And Aluminum Corp. of China, known as Chalco, surged on both markets after it said it would also offload a stake in a Shanxi unit. Sinopec and China Shenhua also jumped.

The moves come as China looks to overhaul its bloated SOEs in a drive to make them more efficient as President Xi Jinping looks to reform the world's number two economy, which is suffering a painful growth slowdown.

However, despite the early promise Shanghai ended lower after a two-day advance, with the energy rally unable to soothe investors ahead of Monday's restart of initial public offerings they fear will divert cash from existing stocks.

The region's other markets climbed, with Tokyo ending up 0.5 percent, Seoul 1.1 percent higher and Sydney adding 0.3 percent.

- Dollar moves higher -

Upbeat US figures lent support to buying, with falling jobless claims, an increase in durable goods orders and rising new home sales gaining, trumping a below-par hike in consumer spending.
"US economic data was in line with expectations and provides some comfort," Mitsushige Akino, executive officer at Ichiyoshi Asset Management Co, told Bloomberg News.

"Investors expect markets will rise after the US rate hike since uncertainty will be dispelled."

The dollar strengthened against the euro as the data reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve will lift US interest rates next month, while the European Central Bank considers further easing measures ahead of its policy meeting next month.

The greenback also rose against most emerging market units after spending most of this week on the back foot.

While the Turkish downing this week of a Russian fighter jet continues to keep traders on edge, there were hopes a full-blown crisis will be avoided, with both sides stressing a desire to avoid a military escalation in the already volatile region.

Turkey's military said it did not know the warplane it shot down on the Syrian border was Russian, adding that it was ready for "all kinds of cooperation".

- Key figures around 0730 GMT -

Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.5 percent at 19,944.41 (close)

Hong Kong - Hang Seng: DOWN 0.05 percent at 22,485.95

Shanghai - composite: 0.3 percent at 3,635.55 (close)

Euro/dollar: DOWN to $1.0619 from $1.0622 in New York

Dollar/yen: DOWN to 122.60 yen from 122.70 yen

New York - Dow: UP 0.01 percent at 17,813.39 (close)

London - FTSE 100: UP 1.0 percent at 6,337.64 points (close)

 

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