Hong Kong stocks rose on Friday, also the first trading day of 2015, led by developers and financial shares.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 1.07 percent, or 252.78 points, to close at 23,857.82, after trading between 23,635.6 and 23,867.46.
Turnover totaled 72.72 billion HK dollars (about 9.38 billion U. S. dollars), compared with 43.94 billion HK dollars the previous trading day.
The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index gained 2.17 percent, or 260.66 points, to end at 12,245.35.