China stocks rebound on Fed rate relief
Updates at 0319 GMT
By Summer Zhen
HONG KONG, Sept 19 (Reuters) -China shares rebounded from modest early losses on Thursday, led by gains in real estate developers and liquor makers, on hopes that the start of long-awaited U.S. rate cuts will give Beijing policymakers more room to stimulate the ailing Chinese economy.
China's blue-chip CSI300 Index .CSI300 and Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC rose 0.7% and 0.4%, respectively.
Hong Kong benchmark Hang Seng .HSI climbed 1.3%, while Hang Seng Tech Index .HSTECH jumped more than 2%.
The U.S. central bank on Wednesday kicked off an anticipated series of interest rate cuts with a larger than usual half-percentage-point reduction.
Investor sentiment perked up as the U.S. rate cut provides more room for easing by Beijing with less risk of pressuring the yuan.
The CSI Liquor Index .CSI399997 and CSI Real state Index .CSI000952 both jumped 4%.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority on Thursday cut its base rate charged via the overnight discount window by 50 basis points to 5.25%.
Hong Kong's monetary policy moves in lock-step with the United States as the city's currency HKD=D3 is pegged to the greenback in a tight range of 7.75-7.85 per dollar.
Hong Kong-listed mainland property stocks .HSMPI advanced 5% while local real estate firms .HSNP were up 2%.
Hong Kong's stocks benefit more from the Fed rate cut than China's A-shares because they are more sensitive to external liquidity conditions, and as Hong Kong's interest rates move in tandem with U.S. rates, China International Capital Corp said in a note to clients.
While Fed rate cuts are generally positive for emerging market assets, Yan Wang, chief emerging markets and China strategist at Alpine Macro, warned that China's domestic macroeconomic policies and growth outlook are far more critical than the Fed's actions.
Reporting by Summer Zhen
Editing by Shri Navaratnam and Mrigank Dhaniwala
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