Hong Kong shares higher on Wall St

Share prices were higher on Wall Street rises following a series of positive US economic figures, with local sentiment continuing to improve after the benchmark index closed above key resistance of 10,000 points yesterday, dealers said.

At 10.44 am, the Hang Seng Index was up 74.38 points at 10,077.92, off a high of 10,128.69 and a low of 10,074.50, on trade of 1.809 billion hkd.