The Hong Kong stock market closed with the Hang Seng Index up 1.89% and the Hang Seng Tech Index up 2.08%. Chinese brokerage firms, batteries, gold, non-ferrous metals, chips, and stablecoin concept stocks led the gains. Huatai Securities (06886.HK) rose over 12%, Zhaojin Mining (01818.HK) rose over 6%, and SMIC (00981.HK) rose nearly 5%.