** Hong Kong-listed shares of Chinese internet and gaming
company NetEase Inc 9999.HK jump as much as 8% to HK$111.80,
their biggest intraday pct gain since Nov 11
** Stock is the fourth-biggest pct gainer in Hang Seng Index
.HSI , Hang Seng Tech Index .HSTECH and Hang Seng China
Enterprises Index .HSCE
** NetEase NTES.OQ reported quarterly adjusted earnings of
11.35 yuan per share for the quarter ended September, beating
mean expectations of 12 analysts for the quarter of earnings of
7.42 yuan per share urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N32D509
** NetEase said its board of directors approved a new share
repurchase programme of up to $5 bln of the firm's ADSs and
ordinary shares in open market for a period of not exceeding 36
months
** China's video games regulator on Thursday granted
publishing licences to 70 online games, including titles
belonging to NetEase urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N32D0WM
** Other game licences approved include ones belonging to
Tencent 0700.HK , CMGE Technology 0302.HK , XD Inc 2400.HK ,
Giant Network 002558.SZ and Perfect World 002624.SZ , sending
their stocks up between 1.8% and 5.6%
** Hang Seng Commerce & Industry Index .HSNC surges 3.2%
and Hang Seng Tech Index .HSTECH jumps 3.9%
** Hang Seng China Enterprises Index .HSCE rises 1.9% and
Hang Seng Index .HSI up 1.5%
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))