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Caution rules as selective buying props up blue chips

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Sentiment lifts but concerns over interest rates and oil prices keep investors wary

Stocks edged higher yesterday in thin trade as improving - although still cautious - sentiment led to selective buying in blue chips.

The Hang Seng Index closed up 40.09 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 13,602.35, after fluctuating between 13,538.4 and 13,619.87.

'Overall, sentiment is much better these days,' said Rexcapital Asset Management director Alex Wong Kwok-ying.

'I can see it in selective buying by some investors, who are no longer as bearish as they were a few weeks ago.'

Trading volume was light, however, with $14.28 billion worth of shares changing hands, compared with $17.56 billion on Wednesday.

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