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MOSCOW, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Russia's SPB Exchange said it would offer trading in the shares of 42 more Chinese companies from Wednesday, taking its total offering to 58, as it seeks to diversify trading options for Russian investors.

SPB, Russia's second-largest bourse which specialises in foreign shares, resumed full foreign trading in early August. The Bank of Russia had imposed some restrictions on trading foreign shares in May after the West imposed sweeping sanctions against Moscow over its actions in Ukraine.

The exchange said the securities, which include the likes of Lenovo Group and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, all have a primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Trading is conducted in Hong Kong dollars.

When first launching Chinese equities trading in June, the bourse said it planned to gradually expand the list of Hong Kong–based securities, reaching 200 by the end of 2022 and 1,000 at some point in 2023. (Reporting by Elena Fabrichnaya and Alexander Marrow)