Hong Kong stocks climbed more than 2% on Monday amid a broad upbeat investor mood, posting their best session in two months, bolstered by Beijing's reforms to help steer borrowing costs lower for companies and support businesses. The Hang Seng index ended up 2.2% at 26,291.84, while the China Enterprises Index gained 1.5% at 10,109.15. Both indexes were up for a fourth session in a row. The top gainers among H-shares were Haitong Securities Co Ltd, which closed up 6.41%, followed by Country Garden Holdings Co Ltd, which ended 6.03% firmer and CITIC Securities Co Ltd, which closed up by 5.87%.

The three biggest H-shares percentage decliners were ENN Energy Holdings Ltd, which ended down 5.21%, China Telecom Corp Ltd, which closed 1.67% lower and China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd, down by 1.40%. About 2.14 billion Hang Seng index shares were traded, roughly 144.3% of the market's 30-day moving average of 1.49 billion shares a day.

Copyright Reuters, 2019