Hong Kong stocks opened higher in the morning session, driven by techs. The HSI opened 145 points or 0.6% higher at 26,376. The HSCEI opened 67 points or 0.7% higher at 9,116. The HSTECH opened 50 points or 0.9% higher at 5,737.The Office of the State Council Anti-Monopoly and Anti-Unfair Competition Committee announced an investigation and assessment into the competitive situation in the food delivery platform service industry. MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) -0.100 (-0.095%) Short selling $607.25M; Ratio 11.120% jumped up 2.8% to $101.3, while JD-SW (09618.HK) +0.500 (+0.428%) Short selling $489.94M; Ratio 31.979% added 0.9%. BABA-W (09988.HK) +5.600 (+3.629%) Short selling $2.97B; Ratio 12.095% ticked up 0.3% to $146.9.Related NewsInflation Rate YoY for Dec in China is 0.8%, higher than the previous value of 0.7%. The forecast was 0.9%.Amid rumors that DeepSeek will release its next-generation flagship AI model in the coming weeks, chip stocks SMIC (00981.HK) -0.800 (-1.062%) Short selling $173.82M; Ratio 3.349% and HUA HONG SEMI (01347.HK) -1.850 (-2.021%) Short selling $206.46M; Ratio 9.453% climbed 0.1% and 1.4%, while BIDU-SW (09888.HK) -2.300 (-1.589%) Short selling $496.57M; Ratio 23.206% ballooned 2.3%. For AI concept stocks, SENSETIME-W (00020.HK) -0.130 (-4.924%) Short selling $580.82M; Ratio 16.276% and BILIBILI-W (09626.HK) +7.400 (+3.109%) Short selling $400.93M; Ratio 21.890% leaped 1.2% and 2.1%, while MINIMAX-WP (00100.HK) -33.000 (-8.291%) rallied 9.8% to $378.8.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2026-01-13 16:25.)