The U.S. will notify countries of reciprocal tariff rates, effective August. Hong Kong stocks opened softer, with the HSI down 87 points or 0.4% at 23,828, the HSCEI down 32 points or 0.4% at 8,576, and the HSTECH down 23 points or 0.5% at 5,192.XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) +1.350 (+2.356%) Short selling $958.00M; Ratio 16.169% , amid YU7 deliveries, opened 1% lower at HKD56.9. With markets shedding light on China-EU EV talks, BYD COMPANY (01211.HK) +1.200 (+0.988%) Short selling $683.41M; Ratio 40.372% fell 1.1% to HKD120.2, and LI AUTO-W (02015.HK) -0.100 (-0.094%) Short selling $350.13M; Ratio 36.552% dipped 0.7%.MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) +3.200 (+2.689%) Short selling $1.13B; Ratio 15.295% , after issuing large-scale food delivery coupons and surpassing 120 million daily instant retail orders, opened 1.2% lower at HKD119.4. JD-SW (09618.HK) +2.900 (+2.324%) Short selling $194.84M; Ratio 16.489% sank 0.2%, and BABA-W (09988.HK) +1.600 (+1.518%) Short selling $969.99M; Ratio 11.138% opened 1% lower at HKD104. BIDU-SW (09888.HK) +3.050 (+3.551%) Short selling $137.07M; Ratio 18.639% , following the release of its MuseSteamer video generation model, opened 0.9% lower.Other tech stocks were mixed. TENCENT (00700.HK) +2.500 (+0.498%) Short selling $836.48M; Ratio 12.627% opened 0.3% lower. NTES-S (09999.HK) +3.200 (+1.533%) Short selling $176.62M; Ratio 19.094% was flat at HKD210. KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK) +3.250 (+5.159%) Short selling $828.51M; Ratio 23.548% gained 1%. BILIBILI-W (09626.HK) +3.800 (+2.185%) Short selling $162.63M; Ratio 13.336% and KINGDEE INT'L (00268.HK) +0.020 (+0.135%) Short selling $62.76M; Ratio 14.940% lost 1.7% and 2.2%, respectively. Chip makers SMIC (00981.HK) +1.350 (+3.047%) Short selling $138.32M; Ratio 4.443% and HUA HONG SEMI (01347.HK) +0.550 (+1.565%) Short selling $87.61M; Ratio 11.501% edged up 0.8% and 1%.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2025-07-08 16:25.)