hong kong stocks ended with big gains thursday as soft us inflation data boosted hopes for an end to the federal reserves ratehiking cycle while weak chinese trade data boosted talk of fresh economic stimulus the hang seng index soared 260 percent or 48967 points to 1935062 the shanghai composite index jumped 126 percent or 4035 points to 323648 while the shenzhen composite index on chinas second exchange added 139 percent or 2823 points to 205900