Hong Kong stocks surged, as Nordic Healthcare (09969.HK) rose more than 14% in the afternoon, with ICP-B794 recently approved for clinical use. Agencies say the company has a rich pipeline of future catalysts.

According to the Securities Times app, Nuocheng Jianhua (09969.HK) rose more than 14% in the afternoon, up 13.73% as of the time of publication, trading at 15.74 Hong Kong dollars with a turnover of 5.92 billion Hong Kong dollars.