After opening down 44 points this morning (18th), the HSI staged a comeback in early trading, climbing by 149 points to a four-year high of 27,058. From that point onward, however, its momentum dissipated, eventually marking a loss of 47 points at midday. Following the retreat in the A-share market, it last dived by 401 points or about 1.4% to 26,506, with a turnover of HKD283.081 billion.Among the 88 constituents in the HSI, only 9 were on an uptrend. POP MART (09992.HK) +4.200 (+1.572%) Short selling $1.26B; Ratio 24.588% last traded at HKD265.8, up 4.07%, with a turnover of HKD4.164 billion, making it the best-performing blue chip.Huawei's in-house 950PR chip is set to launch in 1Q26, fueling market expectations for China's continued chip localization. SMIC (00981.HK) +0.250 (+0.360%) Short selling $725.81M; Ratio 6.797% once hit a historical high of HKD73.3. It was last at HKD70, up 3.4%, with a volume of 171 million shares, involving HKD12.183 billion. BIDU-SW (09888.HK) -1.300 (-0.979%) Short selling $2.53B; Ratio 47.951% and CSPC PHARMA (01093.HK) -0.200 (-1.972%) Short selling $181.14M; Ratio 11.737% rose about 1%.GEELY AUTO (00175.HK) +0.190 (+1.010%) Short selling $158.57M; Ratio 14.820% last printed at HKD18.77, down 4.96%, with a turnover of HKD1.808 billion, delivering the worst performance among the blue chips. XINYI SOLAR (00968.HK) +0.020 (+0.593%) Short selling $86.96M; Ratio 26.919% last traded at HKD3.41, down 4.75%, with a turnover of HKD289 million. ALI HEALTH (00241.HK) -0.020 (-0.300%) Short selling $129.38M; Ratio 17.977% and CHINA OVERSEAS (00688.HK) -0.070 (-0.490%) Short selling $25.61M; Ratio 7.602% receded over 3%.Sinking heavyweight techs dragged the board market toward the bottom. TENCENT (00700.HK) +0.500 (+0.078%) Short selling $1.19B; Ratio 8.925% and XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) -0.150 (-0.264%) Short selling $1.47B; Ratio 14.865% tumbled over 2% after midday. BABA-W (09988.HK) +0.700 (+0.442%) Short selling $3.60B; Ratio 16.232% and KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK) -0.550 (-0.720%) Short selling $844.32M; Ratio 22.267% slipped 1.9%.The WuXi series was also soft. WUXI BIO (02269.HK) -1.120 (-2.879%) Short selling $311.84M; Ratio 16.183% and WUXI APPTEC (02359.HK) -1.500 (-1.342%) Short selling $80.19M; Ratio 9.787% lost over 2%. Chinese consumer stock ZHONGSHENG HLDG (00881.HK) +0.160 (+1.079%) Short selling $27.32M; Ratio 21.272% eroded 3%. LI AUTO-W (02015.HK) -1.100 (-1.081%) Short selling $209.85M; Ratio 12.951% , ANTA SPORTS (02020.HK) +2.500 (+2.651%) Short selling $241.58M; Ratio 16.845% , and LI NING (02331.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $65.45M; Ratio 23.461% faded over 2%.Heavyweight financial stocks were thrown into a downward. CCB (00939.HK) -0.040 (-0.523%) Short selling $652.06M; Ratio 23.158% , HKEX (00388.HK) +1.000 (+0.225%) Short selling $377.97M; Ratio 13.036% , and PING AN (02318.HK) -0.300 (-0.553%) Short selling $201.58M; Ratio 9.400% wobbled over 2%. AIA (01299.HK) -1.400 (-1.913%) Short selling $418.00M; Ratio 12.861% slumped 1.7%.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2025-09-19 16:25.)