HK Stock Market Move | Air China Limited (00753) rose nearly 3% in early trading and signed the first customer framework agreement for the C929 aircraft with Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China.

Air China Limited (00753) rose nearly 3% in early trading, and as of press time, rose 1.59% to HK$4.48 with a turnover of HK$27.6141 million. On the news front, on November 12, according to CCTV News, at the 15th China International Aviation Expo, Air China Limited and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China signed the first user framework agreement for the C929 aircraft, with the intention of becoming the first global user of the C929 wide-body aircraft. The C929 is a domestically developed jet wide-body aircraft with seating for 280 passengers and a range of 12,000 kilometers, and is currently in the preliminary design phase.