Hong Kong shares firmed on Tuesday as investors looked past China's worse-than-expected trade amid signs that Hillary Clinton will likely win the US Presidential election. The Hang Seng index rose 0.5 percent, to 22,909.47, while the China Enterprises Index gained 0.5 percent, to 9,659.85 points. Most sectors rose in Hong Kong, but the energy sector dipped as thermal coal prices sank more than 5 percent.