China's Tencent set to open 5.3 percent up after strong second-quarter

China's Tencent set to open 5.3 percent up after strong second-quarter

Aly Song

The stock is set to open at record high at HK$340.40. That compared with a 0.7 percent rise in the benchmark index.

China's biggest gaming and social media firm by revenue, trumped forecasts on Wednesday to post its best-ever quarterly results, driven by higher income from smartphone games, payments and online advertising.

(Reporting by Donny Kwok; Editing by xxx)

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