(ANSA) - BEIJING, MARCH 03 - The Hong Kong stock exchange tries to rebound and opens the session in positive territory, despite the record surge in Covid cases in the former British colony and the tensions linked to the Russia-Ukraine war: the index Hang Seng rises in the very first trades by 0.40%, to 22,434.26 points.
The Shanghai Composite index rose in the early stages of 0.34% to 3,495.93 points, while that of Shenzhen marks a rise of 0.36%, to 2,321.50 points.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange had also started the session with a plus sign: at the opening, the Nikkei benchmark index advanced by 0.87%, to 26,623.08, with an increase of 230 points.
On the foreign exchange market, the yen reversed course losing ground to the dollar at 115.40 and 128.30 against the euro.
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