Hong Kong stocks end 0.73 percent higher

HONG KONG: Hong Kong shares gained 0.73 percent on Monday as traders looked ahead to a Franco-German mini-summit aimed at thrashing out a plan to save the eurozone.

Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index was 139.30 points higher at 19,179.69 on turnover of HK$51.94 billion ($6.68 billion).

Shanghai fell 1.16 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, was down 27.43 points at 2,333.23 on turnover of 48.6 billion yuan ($7.7 billion).