Hong Kong stocks fell in the morning session. The HSI dropped 122 points or 0.7% to 16,599 at midday. The HSCEI slid 23 points or 0.4% to 5,855. The HSTECH faded 37 points or 1.1% to 3,436. The total half-day turnover of the market amounted to $54.304 billion.ZHAOJIN MINING (01818.HK) -0.120 (-0.922%) Short selling $30.61M; Ratio 12.904% receded 8.6% after after it placed shares at a 9.7% discount, raising over $1.7 billion. The rest of the gold and silver stocks retreated. LINGBAO GOLD (03330.HK) -0.030 (-0.935%) waned 7.7%, while CHI SILVER GP (00815.HK) -0.015 (-4.615%) and SD GOLD (01787.HK) -0.680 (-3.829%) Short selling $14.13M; Ratio 9.672% shed 5.3% and 4.6%. CHOW TAI FOOK (01929.HK) +0.100 (+0.916%) Short selling $14.42M; Ratio 16.799% slumped 6.2% after its quarterly retail sales grew 12% YoY, with decreasing same-store sales in China. CRRC (01766.HK) -0.040 (-0.901%) Short selling $2.21M; Ratio 1.664% rallied 9.4% after it expected 1Q24 profit to rise by over 50%. Related NewsCiti: Largest Shareholder of SUNNY OPTICAL Enters Collar Option Trade w/ UBS, Involving 44.57M ShrsRailway-related stocks TIMES ELECTRIC (03898.HK) -1.750 (-5.804%) Short selling $7.96M; Ratio 5.879% and CHINA CRSC (03969.HK) -0.050 (-1.587%) Short selling $3.78M; Ratio 9.752% advanced over 3%, while infrastructure stock CHINA RAILWAY (00390.HK) -0.020 (-0.484%) Short selling $10.43M; Ratio 12.001% swelled 5.1%. CHINA RAIL CONS (01186.HK) +0.050 (+0.975%) Short selling $716.88K; Ratio 1.500% and CHINA COMM CONS (01800.HK) +0.010 (+0.234%) Short selling $5.93M; Ratio 8.115% gained 3.3% and 4.3%.For financials, HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) +0.600 (+0.924%) Short selling $207.07M; Ratio 10.072% lost 1% to $63.15, while HKEX (00388.HK) +4.800 (+1.918%) Short selling $409.82M; Ratio 11.745% and AIA (01299.HK) +3.300 (+6.111%) Short selling $1.41B; Ratio 18.616% cascaded 1.1% and 2.4%. ABC (01288.HK) +0.060 (+1.709%) Short selling $142.08M; Ratio 30.706% , ICBC (01398.HK) +0.050 (+1.205%) Short selling $521.32M; Ratio 31.964% and CCB (00939.HK) +0.100 (+2.012%) Short selling $621.89M; Ratio 18.611% , which received stake raise from Huijin, hiked 0.6-1%, while BANK OF CHINA (03988.HK) +0.170 (+4.913%) Short selling $820.95M; Ratio 18.438% , which also received stake raise from Huijin, narrowed its decline to 0.3%. Chinese insurers PICC P&C (02328.HK) -0.060 (-0.598%) Short selling $135.99M; Ratio 25.573% , CPIC (02601.HK) +0.760 (+4.434%) Short selling $140.84M; Ratio 26.533% and ZA ONLINE (06060.HK) +0.280 (+2.134%) Short selling $12.18M; Ratio 13.234% jumped up over 2%.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2024-04-29 16:25.)