Hong Kong stocks once rose to its highest in roughly three years by Friday noon, thanks to the brilliant earnings of Chinese tech companies.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended the morning at 23,238 points, 2.93 percent or 661 points from the previous close, after surging to as high as 23,256 points.

The half-day main board turnover amounted to HK$209.38 billion.

The tech gauge leapt 4.69 percent to 5,757 points.