HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks advanced Tuesday, on course for a fourth straight day of gains amid hopes for monetary stimulus from global central banks, with heavyweight HSBC Holdings PLC rising after posting half-yearly results.

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks advanced Tuesday, on course for a fourth straight day of gains amid hopes for monetary stimulus from global central banks, with heavyweight HSBC Holdings PLC rising after posting half-yearly results.

Hang Seng Bank Ltd. (11) posted a 14 percent jump in first-half earnings, beating analysts' estimates, while signaling that lending profitability may come under pressure as competition for deposits increases.

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks were bolstered in early moves Monday on hopes for policy stimulus from global central banks, with casino operators, banks and resource producers leading the advance.

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks followed their Asian and U.S. peers higher, staging an across-the-board rally after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi promised to do whatever needed to protect the euro.

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks followed their Asian and U.S. peers higher, staging an across-the-board rally after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi promised to do whatever needed to protect the euro.

A statue of a bull stands outside the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The bourse's blue-chip benchmark Hang Seng Index is down 8.5% over the past three months, as losses for it and other large-market indexes underperform their smaller rivals elsewhere in ...

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks drifted lower early Thursday on concerns about results in the absence of strong cues from global markets, with Sands China Ltd.

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks drifted lower early Thursday on concerns about results in the absence of strong cues from global markets, with Sands China Ltd.

July 25, 2012|Virginia Harrison, MarketWatch. SYDNEY (MarketWatch) - Major Asia stock markets edged higher in choppy trading Thursday, as investors absorbed a mixed bag of local and offshore earnings reports.