Macquarie issued a report on BABA-W (09988.HK)  +0.900 (+0.818%)    Short selling $918.10M; Ratio 14.959%   , dropping its target price from $135.5 to $133.1 and maintaining an Outperform rating. The broker lowered its adjusted EBITA forecasts for the company by 1% and 2% for FY3/25E-26E to reflect segment margin performance.

Alibaba sold its two largest non-core retail businesses, Intime and SUNART RETAIL (06808.HK)  +0.090 (+3.704%)    Short selling $1.17M; Ratio 3.705%   , and reappointed Jiang Fan to lead a new e-commerce group covering both local and international e-commerce, Macquarie noted. The broker deemed this as a positive sign that the company is refocusing on its core e-commerce business, while looking to further leverage and create synergies with its supply chain.

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