** Shares of Midea Real Estate Holding Ltd 3990.HK jump as
much as 6.8% to HK$10.36, mark their biggest intraday pct rise
since Dec 16
** Stock hit the highest since Feb 21 and on course to snap
six straight sessions of losses
** The Guangdong-based real estate developer says its
contracted sales for first two months of 2023 amounted to 15.02
bln yuan ($2.17 bln), up 5.6% from 14.22 bln yuan the same
period in 2022
** The Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index .HSMPI surges
4.6% and the Hang Seng Composite Index on properties and
construction stocks .HSCIPC rises 2.7%
** The Hang Seng Composite Index .HSCI and the Hang Seng
Index .HSI jump 3.4% each
($1 = 6.9155 yuan)
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))