Hong Kong's stock market ended higher Tuesday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 2.79 percent to close at 25,063.71 points.

Hong Kong's stock market ended lower Monday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index down 3.54 percent to close at 24,382.47 points.

Tokyo stocks ended sharply lower on Monday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index falling to its lowest level since Jan. 8, as crude oil futures surged amid the escalation in the Middle East conflict.

Hong Kong's stock market ended lower Monday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index down 3.54 percent to close at 24,382.47 points.

Chinese stocks closed lower on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 3.63 percent to 3,813.28 points.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, lost 3.49 percent to close at 3,235.22 points Monday.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, was down 1.54 percent to open at 3,300.56 points Monday.

Chinese stocks opened lower on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.32 percent to open at 3,904.95 points.The Shenzhen Component Index opened 1.78 percent lower at 13,619.94 points.

The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, opened 2.02 percent lower at 1,636.20 points on Monday.

BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 143 pips to 6.9041 against the U.S. dollar Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day.The central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 488.18 points, or 1.93 percent, to open at 24,789.14 points on Monday.

Hong Kong's stock market ended lower Friday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index down 0.88 percent to close at 25,277.32 points. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index fell 1.4 percent to end at 8,574.07 points, and the Hang Seng Tech Index fell 2.48 percent to end at 4,872.38 points.

The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, opened 0.54 percent higher at 1,698.5 points on Friday.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, was up 1.6 percent to open at 3,362.07 points Friday.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 163.3 points, or 0.64 percent, to open at 25,337.28 points on Friday.

Chinese stocks opened mixed on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.05 percent to open at 4,004.57 points.The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.86 percent higher at 14,021.46 points.

Carbon emissions allowances closed at 39.47 yuan (5.72 U.S. dollars) per tonne on Thursday, 1.23 percent up from last transaction day at Guangzhou Emissions Exchange.

The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, closed 2.3 percent lower at 1,689.34 points on Thursday.

Chinese stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.39 percent to 4,006.55 points.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, lost 1.11 percent to close at 3,309.1 points Thursday.