Tencent climbs 4-1/2-year peak on plan to issue offshore yuan bonds

** Shares of Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings 700 climb 0.9% to HK$649.5, their highest since March 2021, and on course for third straight session of gains

** Third most actively traded shares by turnover in early trade

** Tencent plans to issue five-, 10- and 30-year offshore yuan bonds, as shown in a term sheet seen by Reuters on Tuesday, and the sale is for investors based outside of the U.S.

** Tencent bought back 856,000 shares for HK$550.9 mln ($70.82 mln) on September 15, HKEx filings showed

** YTD, Tencent stock up 54.7%, Hang Seng Tech Index HHSTECH up 36%, Hang Seng Index HSI up 31.9%

($1 = 7.7789 Hong Kong dollars)