hong kong stocks rose at the open of trade monday morning building on a rally at the end of last week and following a strong lead from wall street the hang seng index added 034 percent or 6502 points to 1901496 the shanghai composite index edged up 005 percent or 174 points to 323181 while the shenzhen composite index on chinas second exchange was marginally higher inching up 073 points to 203489