After market closed on 21 February (Friday), the Hang Seng Indexes Company will announce the results of its semi-annual review of the Hang Seng family of indices (the deadline for the review and inspection is 31 December 2024), which involves the major flagship indexes of Hong Kong stocks, such as the HSI, HSCEI and HSTECH, as well as the Hang Seng Composite Index (HSCI), which is closely related to the scope of investment for Southbound Trading of Stock Connects, CICC released a research report saying.

Based on the existing available public data, CICC estimated that NIO-SW (09866.HK)  +0.350 (+1.304%)    Short selling $10.38M; Ratio 15.694%   , JD LOGISTICS (02618.HK)  +0.340 (+2.833%)    Short selling $2.85M; Ratio 5.100%   , INNOVENT BIO (01801.HK)  +2.000 (+2.535%)    Short selling $67.58M; Ratio 9.305%   and POP MART (09992.HK)  +2.600 (+1.065%)    Short selling $255.74M; Ratio 10.446%   are among the top potential candidates for inclusion.

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Based on the HSI adjustment methodology and the understanding and validation of the non-quantitative adjustment criteria through the results of many previous actual adjustments, the broker anticipated that BANKCOMM (03328.HK)  +0.170 (+2.319%)    Short selling $26.19M; Ratio 16.120%   , ZTO EXPRESS-W (02057.HK)  +2.000 (+1.481%)    Short selling $4.81M; Ratio 8.504%   , SWIREPROPERTIES (01972.HK)  +0.100 (+0.533%)    Short selling $1.11M; Ratio 15.353%   , NIO-SW, JD LOGISTICS, INNOVENT BIO , BEIGENE (06160.HK)  +3.900 (+2.468%)    Short selling $125.05M; Ratio 20.535%   and others are ranked at the top of the HSI list, and have the potential to become candidates for inclusion.

In terms of adjustments to the HSCI and Southbound Trading, CICC expected that 24 companies will be included, including CR BEVERAGE (02460.HK)  +0.100 (+0.816%)    Short selling $4.24M; Ratio 12.639%   , INNOSCIENCE (02577.HK)  +0.750 (+2.134%)    Short selling $10.81K; Ratio 0.071%   , CITIC FAMC (02799.HK)  +0.070 (+6.140%)    Short selling $7.23M; Ratio 4.269%   , WL DELICIOUS (09985.HK)  +0.260 (+1.949%)    Short selling $2.64M; Ratio 8.192%   , MAO GEPING (01318.HK)  +2.200 (+2.048%)    Short selling $5.00M; Ratio 3.848%   , SYNAGISTICS (02562.HK)  +0.540 (+2.842%)   , XIAOCAIYUAN (00999.HK)  +0.160 (+1.675%)   , HEALTHYWAY INC (02587.HK)  +0.300 (+1.392%)    Short selling $133.43K; Ratio 0.180%   , GUOFUHEE (02582.HK)  +1.000 (+0.899%)    Short selling $27.93K; Ratio 0.543%   , CIRRUS (02507.HK)  +1.232 (+3.110%)    Short selling $470.43K; Ratio 0.670%   , DOBOT (02432.HK)  +4.200 (+7.706%)    Short selling $105.66K; Ratio 0.039%   , FANGZHOU JIANKE (06086.HK)  +0.060 (+1.653%)   , WANGUO GOLD GP (03939.HK)  -1.150 (-3.770%)    Short selling $4.56M; Ratio 3.851%   , CALB (03931.HK)  +0.300 (+1.744%)    Short selling $276.65K; Ratio 1.471%   , TS LINES (02510.HK)  -1.580 (-15.280%)   , XUNFEIHEALTH (02506.HK)  +1.600 (+1.495%)   , VIVA GOODS (00933.HK)  +0.010 (+2.532%)    Short selling $458.12K; Ratio 25.410%   , BIOSTAR PHARM-B (02563.HK)  0.000 (0.000%)   , RIMAG GROUP (02522.HK)  +0.700 (+5.263%)    Short selling $208.89K; Ratio 0.120%   , REFIRE (02570.HK)  -8.500 (-4.393%)    Short selling $153.64K; Ratio 0.480%   , TYK MEDICINES-B (02410.HK)  +0.040 (+0.205%)    Short selling $49.30K; Ratio 0.119%   , DMALL (02586.HK)  +0.080 (+0.863%)   and MINIEYE (02431.HK)  +2.350 (+8.902%)    Short selling $388.11K; Ratio 0.302%   .

In addition, BEKE-W (02423.HK)  +0.550 (+1.153%)    Short selling $31.87M; Ratio 35.917%   has returned to dual primary listing for Hong Kong stocks in mid-2022, and is now a large cap constituent of the HSCI.
(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2025-06-24 12:25.)

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