The HSI inched up 5 points or 0.02% to 25,780 in the half-day session today (24th). The HSCEI gained 8 points or 0.09% to 8,922. The HSTECH picked up 3 points or 0.07% to 5,492.It is reported that SMIC (00981.HK) +2.150 (+3.120%) Short selling $204.26M; Ratio 4.121% has implemented price hikes of about 10% for some production capacity, boosting tis share price by 2.1%, making it the best-performing blue chip. Its peer HUA HONG SEMI (01347.HK) +1.150 (+1.636%) Short selling $103.51M; Ratio 6.408% jumped up 1.5%.Related NewsOvernight Shibor Drops 0.5 Bps to 1.267%Techs broadly weakened, with TENCENT (00700.HK) +1.000 (+0.166%) Short selling $221.61M; Ratio 5.028% dropping 0.7%. BABA-W (09988.HK) -1.200 (-0.815%) Short selling $924.81M; Ratio 21.838% lost 0.1% amid reports that BABA-W launched 'Qianwen Zhixue' to boost its AI education efforts. JD-SW (09618.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $59.97M; Ratio 22.105% slid 0.2% on rumors that its French warehouse was burglarized, involving digital equipment worth RMB340 million. JD-SW responded that the reported loss figure significantly deviates from actual circumstances. XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) +0.020 (+0.051%) Short selling $275.25M; Ratio 16.733% and MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $189.94M; Ratio 15.246% cascaded 0.3% and 0.4%. However, NTES-S (09999.HK) +0.400 (+0.188%) Short selling $61.96M; Ratio 15.274% elevated 1.2%.Gold futures rose above the US$4,500 mark. Gold miners prospered. ZHAOJIN MINING (01818.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $23.36M; Ratio 10.221% leaped 1.4%, while ZIJIN MINING (02899.HK) +0.340 (+0.976%) Short selling $311.51M; Ratio 38.685% ballooned 1.3%.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2025-12-24 12:25.)Related NewsLoan Prime Rate 1Y for 2025 in China is 3%, unchanged from its last period. The forecast was 3.0%.