STANCHART (02888.HK) -0.700 (-0.493%) Short selling $2.86M; Ratio 1.228% closed at HKD137.5 at midday today (31st), down 4.25%. After the afternoon market opened, the stock turned from a fall to a rise, last at HKD143.8, up 0.14%, with a trading volume of 1.4325 million shares, involving HKD200 million.The bank announced at noon that its reported PBT for the first half of the year was USD4.383 billion, up 25.5% YoY, beating the forecast range of USD3.621-4.214 billion by three brokers as compiled by our website. The group also announced another USD1.3 billion share buyback, with an interim DPS increase of 37% to US12.3 cents. (HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2025-08-01 16:25.)Related NewsRatings & TPs on STANCHART (02888.HK) (Table)