* HK->Shanghai Connect daily quota used 0.7%, Shanghai->HK daily quota used 24.4% * HSI +0.1%, HSCE +1.0%, CSI300 -1.0% * FTSE China A50 -1.0% Jan 11 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks ended higher on Monday despite latest tensions between China and the United States, as mainland investors continued to hunt bargains via the Stock Connect. ** The Hang Seng index rose 0.1%, to 27,908.22, while the China Enterprises Index gained 1.0%, to 11,059.51 points. ** Mainland investors on Monday purchased a net 18.9 billion yuan ($2.92 billion) worth of Hong Kong stocks via the Stock Connect linking Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, Refinitiv data showed. ** As U.S. investors dump shares in Chinese companies blacklisted by outgoing President Donald Trump, bargain hunters in China are taking the opposite side of that trade, wagering that a Joe Biden presidency will reverse the investment ban. ** Wall Street institutions in Hong Kong said they are reducing exposure to Chinese companies named in a U.S. ban on investments in companies Washington considers linked to China’s military before the rules comes into force later on Monday. ** Alex Wong, director at Ample Finance Group in Hong Kong said the delistings would “not have too much impact”, as customers could switch to Europe or China-based issuers. ** The Hang Seng telecommunications index jumped 4.3% on Monday. ** Also helping provide some support was data showing that China’s factory gate prices fell last month at their slowest pace since February, suggesting the country’s manufacturing sector continues to see a rapid recovery from the COVID-19 shock. ** Though some urged caution following a strong rally. ** “Investors need to be prudent given signs of resurgence of the coronavirus outbreak on the mainland, and as there still is a possibility that the Trump administration could issue more bans against Chinese companies,” Guodu Hong Kong noted in a report. ** Mainland China saw its biggest daily increase in COVID-19 cases in more than five months, the country’s national health authority said on Monday. ($1 = 6.4752 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by the Shanghai Newsroom; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)