** Shares of Country Garden Services Holdings 6098.HK lead
rally in Hong Kong-listed Chinese property stocks, surging as
much as 23.1% to HK$17.04, the biggest daily pct rise since
March 17 if gains hold
** Stock hits the highest since Aug. 1; the biggest pct
gainer in the benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI and
second-biggest pct gainer in Hang Seng Composite Index .HSCI
** Chinese regulators have instructed state-owned China Bond
Insurance Co Ltd to provide guarantees for onshore bond issuance
by a few private property developers including Longfor Group
0960.HK and CIFI Holdings 0884.HK , according to four sources
with knowledge of the matter urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2ZS045
** China Bond Insurance, which provides financial guarantee
services, will provide "full amount, unconditional and
irrevocable joint liability guarantee" to these medium-term
notes, the sources said
** Shares of Longfor, CIFI, Country Garden Holdings
2007.HK , China Overseas Land 0688.HK , China Resources Land
1109.HK and Times China 1233.HK rise between 5.4% and 15.1%
** Property manager Cifi Ever Sunshine Services 1995.HK
soars 19%
** Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index .HSMPI jumps more
than 10% and Hang Seng Composite Index on properties and
construction stocks .HSCIPC surges 3.2%
** The Hang Seng Composite Index .HSCI and the Hang Seng
Index .HSI both gain 0.2%
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))