US bourse elevated on Friday (12th) before ebbing back, with the DJIA diving 245 points or 0.5% after hitting a record high. Hong Kong stocks opened lower this morning (15th), mirroring the trend of external market. The HSI opened 258 points lower, or 1%, at 25,718; the HSCEI opened 99 points lower, or 1.1%, at 8,980; and the HSTECH opened 75 points lower, or 1.3%, at 5,562.

HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK)  +0.600 (+0.511%)    Short selling $148.15M; Ratio 18.928%   proposed to privatize HANG SENG BANK (00011.HK)  0.000 (0.000%)    Short selling $7.30M; Ratio 13.741%   for HK$155 per share, with a vote slated for January 8. HSBC HOLDINGS opened 0.8% lower at HK$116.4, while HANG SENG BANK opened at HK$153.2, up 0.1%.

In the tech sector, BABA-W (09988.HK)  -2.800 (-1.918%)    Short selling $434.73M; Ratio 13.795%   and BIDU-SW (09888.HK)  -2.200 (-1.855%)    Short selling $84.44M; Ratio 25.676%   opened 2.1% and 3.1% lower, respectively. TENCENT (00700.HK)  -5.000 (-0.826%)    Short selling $486.90M; Ratio 16.561%   , KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK)  -0.600 (-0.920%)    Short selling $26.65M; Ratio 6.599%   , and BILIBILI-W (09626.HK)  -1.700 (-0.889%)    Short selling $17.73M; Ratio 9.557%   opened 1.6-1.7% lower. NTES-S (09999.HK)  -1.400 (-0.666%)    Short selling $15.92M; Ratio 4.726%   opened 1.2% lower. MEITUAN-W (03690.HK)  -1.100 (-1.086%)    Short selling $191.52M; Ratio 22.005%   and JD-SW (09618.HK)  -0.800 (-0.712%)    Short selling $12.84M; Ratio 8.638%   opened 0.8% and 0.6% lower, respectively; and JD HEALTH (06618.HK)  -1.250 (-2.187%)    Short selling $23.52M; Ratio 20.023%   opened 5.9% lower. Among chip stocks, SMIC (00981.HK)  -0.450 (-0.695%)    Short selling $60.01M; Ratio 4.643%   opened 0.4% higher, while HUA HONG SEMI (01347.HK)  -1.650 (-2.419%)    Short selling $47.35M; Ratio 7.213%   opened 1.7% lower.
(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2025-12-18 12:25.)