Bund, Tbond e la matrixiana allo yen vm18
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Panurgo ha scritto:Ciao f4f,
grazie per l'aiuto. In effetti sul sito della fed si trova tutto per ciò che riguarda gli usa. Ho difficoltà con gli altri stati dove ci sono meno statistiche disponibili, cmq provo a cercare ancora.
prego
qui è la bbbbanda, sregolatezza&genio 
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/rates/rates.htm
ma soprattutto qui
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_bond
alla peggio, se non trovi i dati e non hai fretta, chiedili direttamente agli issuers per email
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Panurgo ha scritto:Ciao f4f,
grazie per l'aiuto. In effetti sul sito della fed si trova tutto per ciò che riguarda gli usa. Ho difficoltà con gli altri stati dove ci sono meno statistiche disponibili, cmq provo a cercare ancora.
Purtroppo da qualche parte i dati ce lo ho ma non ricordo dove
scassasemi
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Reuters
Stock futures hold before jobs, market wary
Friday July 6, 6:00 am ET
By Amanda Cooper
LONDON (Reuters) - Stock futures held steady on Friday as traders were wary of betting aggressively on the market's direction ahead of key monthly jobs data that could cement expectations for the Federal Reserve's next move.
A 4.4 percent rise in shares of iPhone maker Apple (NasdaqGS:AAPL - News) on Thursday boosted the Nasdaq Composite (Nasdaq:^IXIC - News), while gains in the broader blue chip market were restrained by another rise in Treasury yields ahead of the June employment report.
Apple shares were up 1.5 percent in Frankfurt (Frankfurt:AAPL.F - News) and were last at 97.71 euros, making them one of the top gainers among major U.S. stocks traded in Europe.
By 0945 GMT September Dow Jones futures edged up 0.05 percent, while S&P futures rose 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.05 percent.
"Overnight trading sees U.S. stock index futures a little firmer ahead of today's major announcement," said CMC Markets trader Scott Scrase in a note.
"Markets should be guaranteed some volatility off the back off this number (payrolls), but taking a step back and looking at the blue chip indices, these are still in the middle of the sideways range we have seen since early June," he noted.
A Reuters poll of 87 analysts offers a median forecast for a rise of 120,000 in the number of workers on U.S. non-farm payrolls, against an increase of 157,000 in May.
This would still be the third-smallest rise in monthly payrolls figures this year.
Financial futures show investors are not expecting any change in the federal funds rate from its current level at 5.25 percent this year and are only attaching roughly a 30-percent chance of a rate cut by the middle of next year.
"Non-farm payrolls have been rising at an average monthly pace of 133k this year, consistently below last year's average of 187k, which has helped keep the unemployment rate close to the cycle's low," said Lena Komileva, G7 economist at Tullett Prebon.
"This confirms the notion that the economy is operating close to full capacity," she said.
On Thursday, the Dow Jones industrial average (DJI:^DJI - News) was down 11.46 points, or 0.08 percent, at 13,565.84. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index (^SPX - News) was up 0.53 points, or 0.03 percent, at 1,525.40. The Nasdaq Composite Index (Nasdaq:^IXIC - News) was up 11.70 points, or 0.44 percent, at 2,656.65.
Also in focus in Europe were shares in U.S. gold miner Newmont Gold Corp (NYSE:NEM - News; Frankfurt:NEM.F - News) following the company's announcement late on Thursday that it had lifted its entire 1.85 million ounce gold hedge.
Newmont shares rose almost 2 percent (Frankfurt:NEM.F - News) to 29.80 euros, making them the second-biggest gainer among major North American stocks traded in Frankfurt, after Canadian rival Barrick Gold (Frankfurt:ABX.F - News), whose shares rose 2.23 percent to 22.00 euros.
Stock futures hold before jobs, market wary
Friday July 6, 6:00 am ET
By Amanda Cooper
LONDON (Reuters) - Stock futures held steady on Friday as traders were wary of betting aggressively on the market's direction ahead of key monthly jobs data that could cement expectations for the Federal Reserve's next move.
A 4.4 percent rise in shares of iPhone maker Apple (NasdaqGS:AAPL - News) on Thursday boosted the Nasdaq Composite (Nasdaq:^IXIC - News), while gains in the broader blue chip market were restrained by another rise in Treasury yields ahead of the June employment report.
Apple shares were up 1.5 percent in Frankfurt (Frankfurt:AAPL.F - News) and were last at 97.71 euros, making them one of the top gainers among major U.S. stocks traded in Europe.
By 0945 GMT September Dow Jones futures edged up 0.05 percent, while S&P futures rose 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.05 percent.
"Overnight trading sees U.S. stock index futures a little firmer ahead of today's major announcement," said CMC Markets trader Scott Scrase in a note.
"Markets should be guaranteed some volatility off the back off this number (payrolls), but taking a step back and looking at the blue chip indices, these are still in the middle of the sideways range we have seen since early June," he noted.
A Reuters poll of 87 analysts offers a median forecast for a rise of 120,000 in the number of workers on U.S. non-farm payrolls, against an increase of 157,000 in May.
This would still be the third-smallest rise in monthly payrolls figures this year.
Financial futures show investors are not expecting any change in the federal funds rate from its current level at 5.25 percent this year and are only attaching roughly a 30-percent chance of a rate cut by the middle of next year.
"Non-farm payrolls have been rising at an average monthly pace of 133k this year, consistently below last year's average of 187k, which has helped keep the unemployment rate close to the cycle's low," said Lena Komileva, G7 economist at Tullett Prebon.
"This confirms the notion that the economy is operating close to full capacity," she said.
On Thursday, the Dow Jones industrial average (DJI:^DJI - News) was down 11.46 points, or 0.08 percent, at 13,565.84. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index (^SPX - News) was up 0.53 points, or 0.03 percent, at 1,525.40. The Nasdaq Composite Index (Nasdaq:^IXIC - News) was up 11.70 points, or 0.44 percent, at 2,656.65.
Also in focus in Europe were shares in U.S. gold miner Newmont Gold Corp (NYSE:NEM - News; Frankfurt:NEM.F - News) following the company's announcement late on Thursday that it had lifted its entire 1.85 million ounce gold hedge.
Newmont shares rose almost 2 percent (Frankfurt:NEM.F - News) to 29.80 euros, making them the second-biggest gainer among major North American stocks traded in Frankfurt, after Canadian rival Barrick Gold (Frankfurt:ABX.F - News), whose shares rose 2.23 percent to 22.00 euros.
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Reuters
Fed policy on target, inflation to ebb: Yellen
Friday July 6, 12:22 am ET
By Ros Krasny
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Current U.S. interest rate policy should promote a further drop in inflation although risks are still skewed toward higher prices, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Janet Yellen said on Thursday.
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"Upside risks to inflation continue to be present, given the possibility that labor markets are somewhat tight," Yellen said in remarks prepared for delivery by videoconference to a risk management conference in Singapore.
"However, it is also essential that policy retain considerable flexibility in responding to emerging data."
The Federal Open Market Committee last week left its benchmark overnight lending rate at 5.25 percent for an eighth consecutive meeting.
Yellen, who is not a voting member of the FOMC in 2007 said the current Fed rate avoided the risk of an economic downturn but should be high enough to produce some slack in the goods and labor markets.
In her first extensive comments on the economy since April, the Fed's 12th District President cited continued tightness in the labor market and a recent slowdown in productivity growth as items keeping inflation risks slanted to the upside.
The low U.S. unemployment rate of 4.5 percent in May and continued brisk job creation were a puzzle in the face of recent subpar growth, Yellen said.
Even so, "I expect to see some further improvement in core inflation over the next year or two," she said.
The closely watched core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index advanced by 1.9 percent in May from a year ago, data showed on June 29. That put the index at its lowest year-over-year level since March 2004.
Yellen termed a recent brisk decline in core inflation, or prices stripped of food and energy costs, "heartening," but echoed last week's FOMC statement, released before the PCE data, in saying the trend has yet to be sustained.
Inflation expectations in the U.S. "continue to be well anchored," a reflection of the Fed's credibility with the public about its commitment to keeping inflation low and stable, Yellen said.
She forecast moderate U.S. growth through the end of 2008, with housing likely to be less of a drag going forward even though tighter credit conditions and higher mortgage foreclosures could still deepen the housing downturn.
"From the standpoint of monetary policy I do not consider it very likely that developments related to subprime mortgages will have a big effect on overall U.S. economic performance," said Yellen.
MARKETS IN SYNC?
Yellen said financial markets, which now imply steady Fed rate policy through year-end, have become more closely aligned with the central bank's own views than when futures prices suggested the Fed would need to slash rates.
"I suspect that the markets and the Committee have become more closely aligned, sharing the view that growth in the U.S. is, and is likely to remain, healthy," she said.
Short-term rate futures currently show less than a 10 percent chance that the Fed will trim rates in 2007.
Still, a fresh risk to the U.S. and global economy could still emerge from a possible shift in risk perceptions in international financial markets, she said.
"There are now numerous indications that risk premiums are notably low," including the unusually low term-premium on long-term bond rates, Yellen said.
Yellen warned that investors may be underestimating "substantial" exchange rate risk created by the popular "carry trades," where investors borrow at lower rates in one currency and invest in higher-yielding bonds in another.
"A shift in risk perceptions would tend to push longer-term rates and credit spreads up, restraining demand worldwide," she warned.
Fed policy on target, inflation to ebb: Yellen
Friday July 6, 12:22 am ET
By Ros Krasny
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Current U.S. interest rate policy should promote a further drop in inflation although risks are still skewed toward higher prices, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Janet Yellen said on Thursday.
ADVERTISEMENT
"Upside risks to inflation continue to be present, given the possibility that labor markets are somewhat tight," Yellen said in remarks prepared for delivery by videoconference to a risk management conference in Singapore.
"However, it is also essential that policy retain considerable flexibility in responding to emerging data."
The Federal Open Market Committee last week left its benchmark overnight lending rate at 5.25 percent for an eighth consecutive meeting.
Yellen, who is not a voting member of the FOMC in 2007 said the current Fed rate avoided the risk of an economic downturn but should be high enough to produce some slack in the goods and labor markets.
In her first extensive comments on the economy since April, the Fed's 12th District President cited continued tightness in the labor market and a recent slowdown in productivity growth as items keeping inflation risks slanted to the upside.
The low U.S. unemployment rate of 4.5 percent in May and continued brisk job creation were a puzzle in the face of recent subpar growth, Yellen said.
Even so, "I expect to see some further improvement in core inflation over the next year or two," she said.
The closely watched core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index advanced by 1.9 percent in May from a year ago, data showed on June 29. That put the index at its lowest year-over-year level since March 2004.
Yellen termed a recent brisk decline in core inflation, or prices stripped of food and energy costs, "heartening," but echoed last week's FOMC statement, released before the PCE data, in saying the trend has yet to be sustained.
Inflation expectations in the U.S. "continue to be well anchored," a reflection of the Fed's credibility with the public about its commitment to keeping inflation low and stable, Yellen said.
She forecast moderate U.S. growth through the end of 2008, with housing likely to be less of a drag going forward even though tighter credit conditions and higher mortgage foreclosures could still deepen the housing downturn.
"From the standpoint of monetary policy I do not consider it very likely that developments related to subprime mortgages will have a big effect on overall U.S. economic performance," said Yellen.
MARKETS IN SYNC?
Yellen said financial markets, which now imply steady Fed rate policy through year-end, have become more closely aligned with the central bank's own views than when futures prices suggested the Fed would need to slash rates.
"I suspect that the markets and the Committee have become more closely aligned, sharing the view that growth in the U.S. is, and is likely to remain, healthy," she said.
Short-term rate futures currently show less than a 10 percent chance that the Fed will trim rates in 2007.
Still, a fresh risk to the U.S. and global economy could still emerge from a possible shift in risk perceptions in international financial markets, she said.
"There are now numerous indications that risk premiums are notably low," including the unusually low term-premium on long-term bond rates, Yellen said.
Yellen warned that investors may be underestimating "substantial" exchange rate risk created by the popular "carry trades," where investors borrow at lower rates in one currency and invest in higher-yielding bonds in another.
"A shift in risk perceptions would tend to push longer-term rates and credit spreads up, restraining demand worldwide," she warned.
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AP
Oil Prices Hold Near Mid-$71 a Barrel
Friday July 6, 6:51 am ET
By Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press Writer
Oil Prices Inch Up Near $72 a Barrel Amid Nigeria Worries
Oil prices inched higher Friday in Asia, holding on to gains made in the U.S. after renewed violence and kidnappings in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery gained 6 cents to $71.87 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, midday in Europe.
The contract advanced 40 cents to settle at $71.81 a barrel Thursday despite larger-than-expected increases in U.S. crude and petroleum product inventories.
August Brent crude rose 30 cents to $75.02 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London, an 11-month high. Traders said the market seemed a "a little overbought" but did not rule out further gains later Friday as the current bullish run continued.
Kidnappers in Nigeria Thursday snatched a 3-year-old British girl as she was being taken to school in the country's troubled southern oil region, officials said.
Kidnappers in the past have focused mainly on foreign, male workers at international oil companies, presumed by the kidnappers to have the resources for ransom payments. Family acquaintances said the child's father works in the oil industry.
Wednesday, gunmen attacked a Royal Dutch Shell PLC oil rig in Nigeria's southern oil heartland and seized five foreign workers. Shell said no production was lost. The attack came as a Nigerian opposition group threatened to end a one-month truce on its attacks against the government and the nation's oil industry.
The government of new President Umaru Yar'Adua is trying to calm the oil region, where security began worsening with the emergence of a new militant group in late 2005.
The militants, whose bombings and kidnappings have cut Nigeria's normal oil output by about one quarter, say they are fighting to force the federal government to give the Niger Delta region a greater share of state oil money.
"A new spiral of violence could not only further delay an elusive recovery in Nigerian crude production, but also severely undermine the stability of the fragile, budding Yar'Adua administration," said Antoine Halff, head of energy research at Fimat USA LLC.
"If Nigerian history is any guide, there is a risk that signs of political weakness by the new government in the face of renewed unrest in the Delta be perceived as a call for action by the country's powerful military."
The violence in Nigeria overshadowed a report by the U.S. Energy Department's Energy Information Administration showing domestic gasoline inventories rose 1.8 million barrels in the week ended June 29. Analysts surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires on average had expected a 700,000 barrel increase.
Crude oil inventories, which were expected to fall 500,000 barrels last week, instead rose by 3.1 million barrels.
Inventories of distillates, which include heating oil and diesel fuel, rose 1.2 million barrels. Analysts had expected a 200,000 barrel decline.
But a lower-than-expected increase in refinery runs was disappointing, analysts said. Refinery utilization rose 0.6 percentage points to 90 percent last week, when analysts had expected a 1.1 percentage point increase.
Refiners have reported a number of outages this week, which means overall refinery runs aren't likely to increase anytime soon, possibly clouding the outlook for inventories in weeks ahead.
Nymex heating oil futures dropped 0.14 cent to $2.0859 a gallon (3.8 liters), while natural gas prices were up 1.7 cents to $6.635 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Associated Press Writer Gillian Wong in Singapore contributed to this report.
Oil Prices Hold Near Mid-$71 a Barrel
Friday July 6, 6:51 am ET
By Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press Writer
Oil Prices Inch Up Near $72 a Barrel Amid Nigeria Worries
Oil prices inched higher Friday in Asia, holding on to gains made in the U.S. after renewed violence and kidnappings in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery gained 6 cents to $71.87 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, midday in Europe.
The contract advanced 40 cents to settle at $71.81 a barrel Thursday despite larger-than-expected increases in U.S. crude and petroleum product inventories.
August Brent crude rose 30 cents to $75.02 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London, an 11-month high. Traders said the market seemed a "a little overbought" but did not rule out further gains later Friday as the current bullish run continued.
Kidnappers in Nigeria Thursday snatched a 3-year-old British girl as she was being taken to school in the country's troubled southern oil region, officials said.
Kidnappers in the past have focused mainly on foreign, male workers at international oil companies, presumed by the kidnappers to have the resources for ransom payments. Family acquaintances said the child's father works in the oil industry.
Wednesday, gunmen attacked a Royal Dutch Shell PLC oil rig in Nigeria's southern oil heartland and seized five foreign workers. Shell said no production was lost. The attack came as a Nigerian opposition group threatened to end a one-month truce on its attacks against the government and the nation's oil industry.
The government of new President Umaru Yar'Adua is trying to calm the oil region, where security began worsening with the emergence of a new militant group in late 2005.
The militants, whose bombings and kidnappings have cut Nigeria's normal oil output by about one quarter, say they are fighting to force the federal government to give the Niger Delta region a greater share of state oil money.
"A new spiral of violence could not only further delay an elusive recovery in Nigerian crude production, but also severely undermine the stability of the fragile, budding Yar'Adua administration," said Antoine Halff, head of energy research at Fimat USA LLC.
"If Nigerian history is any guide, there is a risk that signs of political weakness by the new government in the face of renewed unrest in the Delta be perceived as a call for action by the country's powerful military."
The violence in Nigeria overshadowed a report by the U.S. Energy Department's Energy Information Administration showing domestic gasoline inventories rose 1.8 million barrels in the week ended June 29. Analysts surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires on average had expected a 700,000 barrel increase.
Crude oil inventories, which were expected to fall 500,000 barrels last week, instead rose by 3.1 million barrels.
Inventories of distillates, which include heating oil and diesel fuel, rose 1.2 million barrels. Analysts had expected a 200,000 barrel decline.
But a lower-than-expected increase in refinery runs was disappointing, analysts said. Refinery utilization rose 0.6 percentage points to 90 percent last week, when analysts had expected a 1.1 percentage point increase.
Refiners have reported a number of outages this week, which means overall refinery runs aren't likely to increase anytime soon, possibly clouding the outlook for inventories in weeks ahead.
Nymex heating oil futures dropped 0.14 cent to $2.0859 a gallon (3.8 liters), while natural gas prices were up 1.7 cents to $6.635 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Associated Press Writer Gillian Wong in Singapore contributed to this report.
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AP
Dollar Edges Up Against Euro, Pound
Friday July 6, 6:23 am ET
Dollar Edges Higher Against Euro, Pound After U.S. Service Sector Report
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The dollar edged higher against the euro and the pound on Friday after an unexpectedly strong report on the U.S. service sector strengthened the country's currency.
The 13-nation currency bought $1.3586 in morning trading, down from the $1.3598 it bought in New York late Thursday.
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The dollar gained came after the Institute for Supply Management reported Thursday that its index of business activity in the U.S. services sector rose to a 14-month high of 60.7. The reading beat May's level of 59.7 and Wall Street's expectation of 58.1, and was the highest since April 2006.
The pound, which has been trading at 26-year highs against the dollar, declined to $2.0094 from $2.0123.
The Bank of England on Thursday lifted its key interest rate to 5.75 percent, the fifth such move this year and a widely expected decision, in an attempt to curb inflation. Also Thursday, the European Central Bank left its key interest rate unchanged at 4 percent.
The U.S. Federal Reserve has left its key rate unchanged at 5.25 percent for the past year.
Higher interest rates, a weapon against inflation, can bolster a currency by giving better returns on fixed-income investments.
The dollar was a little higher Friday against the Japanese currency, rising to 123.18 from 122.88 yen.
Dollar Edges Up Against Euro, Pound
Friday July 6, 6:23 am ET
Dollar Edges Higher Against Euro, Pound After U.S. Service Sector Report
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The dollar edged higher against the euro and the pound on Friday after an unexpectedly strong report on the U.S. service sector strengthened the country's currency.
The 13-nation currency bought $1.3586 in morning trading, down from the $1.3598 it bought in New York late Thursday.
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The dollar gained came after the Institute for Supply Management reported Thursday that its index of business activity in the U.S. services sector rose to a 14-month high of 60.7. The reading beat May's level of 59.7 and Wall Street's expectation of 58.1, and was the highest since April 2006.
The pound, which has been trading at 26-year highs against the dollar, declined to $2.0094 from $2.0123.
The Bank of England on Thursday lifted its key interest rate to 5.75 percent, the fifth such move this year and a widely expected decision, in an attempt to curb inflation. Also Thursday, the European Central Bank left its key interest rate unchanged at 4 percent.
The U.S. Federal Reserve has left its key rate unchanged at 5.25 percent for the past year.
Higher interest rates, a weapon against inflation, can bolster a currency by giving better returns on fixed-income investments.
The dollar was a little higher Friday against the Japanese currency, rising to 123.18 from 122.88 yen.
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Hong Kong Shares Advance to New Record
Friday July 6, 6:18 am ET
Hong Kong Shares Advance to New Record on Gains in Local Conglomerates
HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong shares advanced Friday the fourth straight day to a new record, lifted by gains in local conglomerates Hutchison Whampoa and Cheung Kong, and by bank HSBC.
The blue chip Hang Seng Index rose 278.75 points, or 1.25 percent, to 22,531.74. Hutchison Whampoa, Cheung Kong and HSBC accounted for 49 percent of the index's gain.
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Cheung Kong, the property flagship of tycoon Li Ka-Shing, was the biggest gainer among blue chips.
It rose 7.1 percent to HK$110.20 after Credit Suisse Group raised its target price on the developer to HK$122 from HK$116. The gain was fueled by Li, Cheung Kong's chairman, increasing his ownership over the past few weeks to 39.75 percent of the company.
Other property shares followed Cheung Kong's rise. The Hang Seng Property subindex rose 3.7 percent, with Sun Hung Kai Properties rising 3.1 percent to HK$97.75 and Henderson Land gaining 1.9 percent to HK$54.75.
Hutchison Whampoa, the second biggest gainer among the blue chips after its parent Cheung Kong, has been a laggard in the past month. But it rose 6.3 percent Friday to HK$83.00 after Merrill Lynch raises its target price for the conglomerate to HK$98.0 from HK$92.0.
Before Friday's trading session, Hutchison Whampoa -- also controlled by Li -- had gained only 3.6 percent since the beginning of June.
Merrill Lynch raised Hutchison Whampoa's target price because an expected turnaround in the company's third-generation mobile phone operations will stoke investor demand, it said.
HSBC, the second largest stock in Hong Kong by market capitalization after China Mobile, rose 0.9 percent to HK$144.50.
China-focused shoemaker and retailer Stella International surged 19 percent above its initial public offering price of HK$15.50 to close at HK$18.44 on its trading debut.
Castor Pang, a strategist at Sun Hung Kai Research, attributed the sharp rise in Stella shares to strong investor appetite for Chinese consumer stocks.
Hong Kong Shares Advance to New Record
Friday July 6, 6:18 am ET
Hong Kong Shares Advance to New Record on Gains in Local Conglomerates
HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong shares advanced Friday the fourth straight day to a new record, lifted by gains in local conglomerates Hutchison Whampoa and Cheung Kong, and by bank HSBC.
The blue chip Hang Seng Index rose 278.75 points, or 1.25 percent, to 22,531.74. Hutchison Whampoa, Cheung Kong and HSBC accounted for 49 percent of the index's gain.
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Cheung Kong, the property flagship of tycoon Li Ka-Shing, was the biggest gainer among blue chips.
It rose 7.1 percent to HK$110.20 after Credit Suisse Group raised its target price on the developer to HK$122 from HK$116. The gain was fueled by Li, Cheung Kong's chairman, increasing his ownership over the past few weeks to 39.75 percent of the company.
Other property shares followed Cheung Kong's rise. The Hang Seng Property subindex rose 3.7 percent, with Sun Hung Kai Properties rising 3.1 percent to HK$97.75 and Henderson Land gaining 1.9 percent to HK$54.75.
Hutchison Whampoa, the second biggest gainer among the blue chips after its parent Cheung Kong, has been a laggard in the past month. But it rose 6.3 percent Friday to HK$83.00 after Merrill Lynch raises its target price for the conglomerate to HK$98.0 from HK$92.0.
Before Friday's trading session, Hutchison Whampoa -- also controlled by Li -- had gained only 3.6 percent since the beginning of June.
Merrill Lynch raised Hutchison Whampoa's target price because an expected turnaround in the company's third-generation mobile phone operations will stoke investor demand, it said.
HSBC, the second largest stock in Hong Kong by market capitalization after China Mobile, rose 0.9 percent to HK$144.50.
China-focused shoemaker and retailer Stella International surged 19 percent above its initial public offering price of HK$15.50 to close at HK$18.44 on its trading debut.
Castor Pang, a strategist at Sun Hung Kai Research, attributed the sharp rise in Stella shares to strong investor appetite for Chinese consumer stocks.
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