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Shares of CNOOC Ltd. rose 2.1% to 25.18 Hong Kong dollars on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the Hong Kong stock market, with the Hang Seng Index rising 1.2% to 26009.46.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of gains.
CNOOC Ltd. closed 19% short of its 52-week high of HK$30.98, which the company reached March 23.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors, as China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. rose 0.8% and PetroChina Co. Ltd. rose 1.0%.
Trading volume totaled 69.9 million shares, compared to the 50-day average of 80.8 million shares.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet