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Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index jumped 1.95% after losses earlier in the week. It had returned to trade after a holiday on Wednesday. Shares of China Evergrande Group in the city soared more than 25%, also after days of losses — although its year-to-date plunge is still more than 80%.

Reuters reported Thursday that China Evergrande Group’s chairman said the firm’s top priority is to help wealth investors redeem their products, though questions remain over whether the embattled Chinese developer will pay the interest due on a dollar-denominated bond on Thursday.