The HSI added 250 points or 1.1% to 22,941 at midday. The HSCEI lifted 121 points or 1.5% to 8,363. The HSTECH picked up 80 points or 1.6% to 5,280. Total half-day turnover of the market amounted to $109.775 billion.For techs, TENCENT (00700.HK) -3.400 (-0.683%) Short selling $394.78M; Ratio 5.774% 's Tencent Yuanbao announced an upgrade to its text-to-image function, and hence the stock climbed 2.2% to $500.5. BABA-W (09988.HK) +2.100 (+1.728%) Short selling $824.69M; Ratio 10.428% , JD-SW (09618.HK) -0.100 (-0.076%) Short selling $71.04M; Ratio 4.762% and KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK) -1.250 (-2.347%) Short selling $222.93M; Ratio 18.462% ticked up 1-1.6%, while MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) -0.400 (-0.283%) Short selling $650.67M; Ratio 17.129% ascended 2.7%. NTES-S (09999.HK) -2.200 (-1.326%) Short selling $226.09M; Ratio 34.043% and BILIBILI-W (09626.HK) -1.200 (-0.867%) Short selling $29.52M; Ratio 10.733% inched up less than 1%, while BIDU-SW (09888.HK) -0.450 (-0.529%) Short selling $378.85M; Ratio 48.504% and SMIC (00981.HK) -2.150 (-4.762%) Short selling $380.31M; Ratio 4.469% slipped 2.1% and 1.7%. Smart-driving chip stock HORIZONROBOT-W (09660.HK) -0.100 (-1.429%) Short selling $94.01M; Ratio 14.110% cascaded 4.1%. In addition, CHINASOFT INT'L (00354.HK) -0.010 (-0.185%) Short selling $51.79M; Ratio 18.357% mounted 3.2%.After proposing privatizing Zeekr, GEELY AUTO (00175.HK) +0.840 (+4.795%) Short selling $374.63M; Ratio 15.849% leaped 4.5%. XPENG-W (09868.HK) -0.900 (-1.183%) Short selling $121.97M; Ratio 16.756% ballooned 3.1% amid rumors that the company plans to spin off its flying car company, XPeng AeroHT, for a listing in Hong Kong or the US. LI AUTO-W (02015.HK) -2.100 (-1.983%) Short selling $435.53M; Ratio 31.570% swelled 6.9% as it launched L6, L7, L8 and L9 models. For other carmakers, BYD COMPANY (01211.HK) +1.200 (+0.311%) Short selling $512.61M; Ratio 17.866% hiked 0.2% to $385.2, while XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) +0.550 (+1.083%) Short selling $378.14M; Ratio 7.424% and GWMOTOR (02333.HK) -0.160 (-1.305%) Short selling $80.54M; Ratio 35.664% elevated 3.2%. Foxconn and Mitsubishi Motors signed a memorandum of understanding on EV model supply. Its same series FIH (02038.HK) +0.010 (+1.250%) Short selling $382.59K; Ratio 9.195% and FIT HON TENG (06088.HK) -0.070 (-3.302%) Short selling $8.93M; Ratio 14.326% mushroomed over 3%.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2025-05-09 16:25.)