** Shares of GoFintech Quantum Innovation 0290.HK jump 12.6% to HK$9.49, their highest point since September 2003
** Stock marks its biggest intraday pct gain since April 13, and is top pct gainer in the Hang Seng Composite Index on financials stocks .HSCIF, which climbs 0.3%
** The operator of financial technology investment platforms said it enters a strategic cooperation memorandum of understanding with China's high-tech enterprise QureGenAl (Suzhou) BioTechnology to mark GoFintech's strategic expansion into quantum AI drug discovery sector
** The parties intend to set up a joint venture to operate drug discovery systems to establish a quantum frontier technology investment fund and to launch a quantum computing center in Hong Kong
** YTD, stock up 253.2%, benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI up 2.8%
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))