BUZZ-HKEx's shares rise as Russia to start trading Hong Kong stocks on June 20

** Shares of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (0388.HK) rise as much as 2.9% to HK$358.80, the biggest percentage gainer in the Hang Seng Finance Index (.HSNF)

** Russia’s SPB Exchange (SPBE.MM) says to begin trading in 12 HK-listed securities on June 20

** Says plans are in place to gradually expand the list of Hong Kong–based securities, reaching 200 by the end of 2022 and 1,000 at some point in 2023 with trading to be carried out in Hong Kong dollars

** The 12 HK-listed securities are Tencent (0700.HK) , Alibaba (9988.HK) , Xiaomi (1810.HK) , Meituan (3690.HK) , JD.Com

(9618.HK) , Sunny Optical (2382.HK) , Country Garden (2007.HK) , Sands China (1928.HK) , CK Hutchison (0001.HK) , CK Asset

(1113.HK) , Sino Biopharmaceutical (1177.HK) and WH Group

(0288.HK)

** “We believe this is part of SPB’s global issuer programme and is not something done in collaboration with HKEX,” a HKEx spokesman told Reuters

** Hang Seng Tech Index (.HSTECH) rises 2.3% while Hang Seng property sub-index (.HSNP) slips 0.7%

** Hang Seng Finance Index (.HSNF) climbs 0.9 and the benchmark Hang Seng Index (.HSI) rises 1.1%