Feb 17 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's main stock index rose for thefourth day in a row on Tuesday, taking cues from mainlandshares, but volume was the lowest in nearly two months as manyhave left trading desks for the Lunar New Year.
Hong Kong markets will open for a half-day on Wednesday,then be closed for the New Year holiday until Monday, Feb. 23.
The Hang Seng index rose 0.2 percent, to 24,784.88,while the China Enterprises Index gained 0.5 percent, to11,998.51 points.
Among the most actively traded stocks on Hong Kong's mainboard were Cypress Jade, up 3.4 percent to HK$0.18 Crocodile, up 2.0 percent to HK$1.01 and China Best, up 18.1 percent to HK$0.22.
Total trading volume of companies included in the HSI indexwas 0.8 billion shares. (Reporting by Samuel Shen and Kazunori Takada; Editing byRichard Borsuk)