HK shares close at 8-month high ahead of Sino-U.S. trade deal <!-- no image --> <div>Hong Kong stocks closed at an over eight-month high on Monday as optimism ahead of the signing of the Phase 1 trade deal between the United States and China this week buoyed sentiment.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=h_0H6AVIXOc:bBB5tdcX5Qs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=h_0H6AVIXOc:bBB5tdcX5Qs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=h_0H6AVIXOc:bBB5tdcX5Qs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=h_0H6AVIXOc:bBB5tdcX5Qs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=h_0H6AVIXOc:bBB5tdcX5Qs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/h_0H6AVIXOc" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters