HONG KONG, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares advanced to a more than 10-month closing high on Monday as a weak dollar boosted appetites for equities and strong Chinese manufacturing data reassured investors about the strength of the world's second-largest economy.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index <.HSI> was up 1.17 percent or 260.49 points at 22,618.66. Earlier in the session, it had gained as much as 1.7 percent to an intraday high of 22,734.88. (Reporting by Sui-Lee Wee; Editing by Chris Lewis)