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UPDATE 1-Pru HK shares in biggest pct gain after strong profit
* Biggest one-day percentage gain since listing in May 2010
* Highest volume since August 2010
HONG KONG, Mar 10 (Reuters) - Hong Kong-listed shares of Prudential Plc <2378.HK>, Britain's top insurer, posted their biggest one-day percentage gain on Thursday, buoyed by forecasting-beating earnings and a higher-than-expected dividend.
The stock jumped 11 percent, the biggest gain since listing in Hong Kong by way of introduction in May last year. Prudential did not raise any money from the listing.
Prudential's earnings were released after the close of Hong Kong trade on Wednesday, but investors pushed its London-listed shares up 4.9 percent, making them the top gainer on the FTSE 100. [ID:nLDE7271SZ]
"It pretty much fired on all cylinders in many ways," said Arjan van Veen, an insurance analyst with Credit Suisse, referring to Prudential's strong performance across Asia, Britain and the United States.
"In Asia it has good momentum." Rival AIA Group Ltd <1299.HK> was down 0.8 percent, while the benchmark <.HSI> had lost 0.7 percent.
Prudential's gains were amplified by relatively thin trading volume as less than 5 percent of Prudential's total outstanding shares are traded in Hong Kong, although volume traded was the highest since August 2010.
AIA's IPO last year, raised $20.5 billion.
Source: Reuters