Hong Kong share prices rebounded and closed at fresh high Thursday after going down Wednesday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 141.62 points, or 0.75 percent, to 18,952.86, again promoting the market's expectation of breaking 19,000 level.

The Index opened 73.98 points higher at 18,885.22 and reached the highest at 18,993.40 during the trading, but easing a little at closing with a turnover of 47.11 billion HK dollars (6.06 billion U.S. dollars).

Market heavyweights China Mobile went up 1.38 percent to 66.10 HK dollars, while HSBC went up 0.20 percent to 151.20 HK dollars.

Oil stocks performed well with PetroChina rising 1.58 percent to 8.99 HK dollars, while CNOOC up 2.47 percent to 6.64 HK dollars.

Editor: Yan