On the last trading day of the Year of the Snake, Hong Kong stocks opened lower but closed higher, with the Hang Seng Index rising 0.52% and the Hang Seng Tech Index rising 0.13%. Storage technology and non-ferrous metals sectors performed strongly, with Montage Technology (06809.HK) rising 14.05% and GigaDevice rising 9.78%. Furthermore, driven by news of its inclusion in the Hang Seng Index, CATL (03750.HK) rose 2.71%, Laopu Gold (06181.HK) rose 6.64%, and Luoyang Molybdenum (03993.HK) rose 6.35%.