** Shares of virtual asset trading platform services provider HKE Holdings 1726.HK soar 74.3% to HK$2.37, their highest since May 2024, and on course for a third consecutive session of gains
** Stock set for the biggest one-day pct rise since April 2021; fifth biggest pct gainer on the Hong Kong bourse
** HKE says the Securities and Futures Commission $(SFC.AU)$ has granted an automated trading services licence and a virtual asset trading platform operating licence to the firm's wholly-owned Hong Kong BGE Ltd
** Co says the grant of the licences is in the interests of the company, particularly the development of its financial technology platform business
** Hang Seng Tech Index .HSTECH falls 1.5%, Hang Seng Index .HSI eases 1.2%
** YTD, stock up 25.4%
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))