Approval for several new online games in China boosts the shares of Dutch investor Prosus.
The shares of the company, which according to LSEG data holds a 23 percent in the Chinese technology group Tencent climbed a good five percent on the Amsterdam stock exchange.
Tencent, whose activities include the development of online games, also closed almost five percent higher in Hong Kong. Rivals such as Baidu, NetEase and Kingnet Network closed between just under one and over six percent higher. According to China's Press and Publications Bureau, 127 Chinese and seven imported online games were approved in July.
