HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) -0.900 (-0.936%) Short selling $204.66M; Ratio 10.847% announced its interim results for the period ended June 2025. Reported profit before tax amounted to US$15.81 billion, down 26.7% YoY, in line with the forecasts of 3 brokers ranging from US$15.477 billion to US$16.073 billion as summarized by our reporters. Reported profit after tax was US$12.441 billion, down 29.6% YoY, with a basic EPS of US$0.65. The Board has approved a second interim dividend of US$0.1 per share, flat YoY. Meanwhile, it also intended to initiate a share buyback of up to US$3 billion, which is expected to be completed by its 3Q25 results announcement.Related NewsUBS: HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) Reported PBT Beats w/ Strong Handling Fee Income (Correction)The decline in profit before tax was primarily due to the recognition of dilution and impairment losses of US$2.1 billion related to its associate, BANKCOMM (03328.HK) -0.070 (-0.990%) Short selling $61.34M; Ratio 40.685% , the Group added. (HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2025-08-01 16:25.)