** Hong Kong-listed shares of embattled Chinese property
developer China Vanke 2202.HK rise 5.6% to HK$6.45, their
biggest intraday pct gain since May 17
** Stock on track to snap three straight sessions of losses,
if trend holds
** Shenzhen-listed stock 000002.SZ gains as much as 1.4%
** China Vanke said on Monday it had completed sale of a
Shenzhen land plot to shareholders Shenzhen Metro and Shenzhen
Baishuo Yinghai Investment for 2.24 bln yuan ($309.23 mln), more
than 27% below the price it paid nearly seven years ago
** Vanke is working to raise funds after saying last month
it is facing short-term liquidity pressure, one of many
companies to have been caught up in a broad-based cash crunch in
China's crisis-hit real estate sector
** Rivals Sunac 1918.HK , CIFI Holdings 0884.HK and
Shimao Group 0813.HK rise between 4.6% and 9.3%
** Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index .HSMPI gains 0.9%
while Hang Seng Composite Index on properties and construction
stocks .HSCIPC and Hang Seng Index .HSI add 0.5% each
** China Vanke's Hong Kong stock down 14.3% YTD, Shenzhen
shares down 17% YTD
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))