Jun 15, 2026, 15:50 GMT+7
By Summer Zhen
Reuters - China and Hong Kong stocks ended higher on Monday, as a tentative peace deal between the U.S. and Iran promised to open the Strait of Hormuz, easing concerns over soaring energy prices.
** China's blue-chip CSI300 Indexgained 2.4%, while the Shanghai Composite Indexclimbed 1.6%.
** Hong Kong benchmark Hang Sengclosed up 0.5%.
** The market gain tracked a broader rally in Asian stocks, while the U.S. dollar slipped and oil prices tumbled.
** "Risk sentiment improved sharply on Monday following the weekend announcement of a U.S.-Iran peace agreement," Wee Khoon Chong, APAC macro strategist at BNY, said in a note. "The development is supporting equities and AI-led equity optimism remains intact."
** With oil prices falling and the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate decision scheduled for this week, market uncertainty will ease, and China stocks are likely to begin a new upward cycle, analysts at Guotai Haitong Securities said in a note.
** Chipmakers and AI models led the gains, while energy, property and consumer stocks were among the biggest drags.
** Hong Kong's information technology sector jumped 7%, with InnoScience Technologyand Hua Hong Grace Semiconductorup 17% and 10% each.
** AI agent developer Knowledge Alts, known as Zhipu AI, surged more than 30% after the firm announced full open access to its latest model.
** In mainland A-shares, 5G Communicationsand AI-related stocksoutperformed, up 6.9% and 5.7% respectively.
** The smaller Shenzhen indexwas up 3.42%, the start-up board ChiNext Composite indexwas higher by 5.31% and Shanghai's tech-focused

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50 indexwas up 5.12%.

Sumber : Reuters