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Hong Kong stocks closed up 0.06 point, at 20,668.86 on Monday.
China's stock index futures closed higher Monday, with the contract for April, the most actively traded, up 0.05 percent from the previous trading day to 2,568.8 points.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, fell 0.09 percent, to close at 737.21 points on Monday.
Chinese shares close higher Monday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.05 percent, or 1.06 points, to end at 2,350.60.
China's securities regulator has given the green light to a joint venture between Guangzhou Securities and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Bank, the two said in a statement Sunday night.
The Chinese currency Renminbi, or the yuan, gained 33 basis points to 6.2858 against the US dollar on Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System.
China Construction Bank (CCB), the nation's second-largest lender by market value, announced on Sunday that its net profit in 2011 jumped 25.48 percent year-on-year due to a rebounding net income margin.
Vipshop Holdings Ltd, a Guangzhou-based online retailer, raised 39 percent less than targeted in the first initial public offering in the United States by a Chinese company since August.
China's central bank set the daily reference rate for the yuan against the dollar at 6.2891 on Friday, marking the first time the rate has fallen below 6.29 since China began to reform its system for setting exchange rates in 2005.
The gold price in Hong Kong moved up HK$93 to close at HK$15,368 per tael on Friday, according to the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society.
Hong Kong stocks fell 232.76 points, or 1.11 percent, at 20,668.80 on Friday.
China's stock index futures closed lower Friday, with the contract for April, the most actively traded, down 0.92 percent from the previous trading day to 2,571 points.
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