** China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec) leads rise in Hong Kong-listed energy stocks, rising 4% to HK$4.43, and on course to snap two straight sessions of falls, tracking strength of oil prices in Asia trading
** Oil prices rose, extending a rally sparked by output disruptions in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, where Hurricane Francine forced producers to evacuate platforms before it hit the coast of Louisiana
** Hong Kong-listed shares of CNOOC and PetroChina
rise 2.6% and 1.8%, respectively
** Sinopec's Shanghai stocks climbs 1.3%, CNOOC
rises 3% and PetroChina adds 1.7%
** In China, the blue-chip CSI 300 Index adds 0.3%, the Shanghai Composite Index climbs 0.2% and CSI 300 Energy Index up 0.8%
** In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Mainland Oil & Gas Index
rises 2.1%, index tracking energy stocks jumps 2.3% and Hang Seng Index up 1.4%
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))
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