** Shares of information technology provider Mindtell
Technology Ltd 8611.HK rise as much as 54.8 pct above its IPO
price on the first day of trading to HK$0.96 per share, riding
up on broader market strength
** Its shares later trim gains to HK$0.87 in late afternoon
trade, still up 40.3 pct from its IPO price of HK$0.62 each
** The Malaysia-based IT firm offered 117 million shares in
its IPO to raise capital to strengthen its technical team and
buy equipment for building infrastructure to provide cloud
storage and cloud computing services (https://bit.ly/2JcryhG)
** The Hang Seng sub-index tracking information technology
firms .HSCIIT climbs 3.4 pct
** The Hong Kong benchmark index .HSI rises 2.2 pct
(Reuters Messaging: donny.kwok.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)