Hong Kong stocks opened higher in the morning session. The HSI opened 231 points or 0.9% higher at 26,861. The HSCEI opened 87 points or 1% higher at 9,201. The HSTECH opened 55 points or 1% higher at 5,817.Market rumors suggest BABA-W (09988.HK) +3.700 (+2.245%) Short selling $1.26B; Ratio 8.839% decided to support its chip subsidiary's separate listing, boosting its share price by 3.9% to $171.2. Enflame, one of the 'Four Dragons of Domestic GPU', had its STAR market IPO application accepted. Hong Kong-listed chip stocks SMIC (00981.HK) +0.250 (+0.321%) Short selling $77.35M; Ratio 2.834% and HUA HONG SEMI (01347.HK) +0.600 (+0.549%) Short selling $244.95M; Ratio 16.094% added 0.8% and 0.1%.Related NewsGDP Growth Rate QoQ for Q4 in China is 1.2%, higher than the previous value of 1.1%. The forecast was 1%.For other techs, TENCENT (00700.HK) -2.500 (-0.418%) Short selling $554.88M; Ratio 5.307% opened flat at $597.5, while MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) +0.550 (+0.567%) Short selling $328.59M; Ratio 10.307% and NTES-S (09999.HK) -2.000 (-0.957%) Short selling $258.01M; Ratio 34.195% inched up 0.3% and 0.8%. KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK) +2.150 (+2.718%) Short selling $640.10M; Ratio 22.460% climbed 1.3%, while JD-SW (09618.HK) +0.900 (+0.790%) Short selling $128.51M; Ratio 15.276% jumped up 2.6%. BIDU-SW (09888.HK) +0.500 (+0.313%) Short selling $692.36M; Ratio 34.603% ebbed 0.8%.For financials, HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) +0.300 (+0.231%) Short selling $223.99M; Ratio 15.038% lifted 0.5% to $130.4, while HKEX (00388.HK) -4.400 (-1.032%) Short selling $665.14M; Ratio 26.374% picked up 0.8%. AIA (01299.HK) +0.550 (+0.667%) Short selling $307.74M; Ratio 20.145% hiked 0.1%. For other stocks, there are reports that POP MART (09992.HK) +13.600 (+6.602%) Short selling $1.30B; Ratio 18.835% launched its Valentine's Day limited edition Twinkle Twinkle series products, with a premium of nearly 7x for hidden variants. Hence, POP MART leaped 4.3%. MICROPORT (00853.HK) +0.420 (+3.371%) Short selling $98.21M; Ratio 9.616% swelled 6.3% as it forecasted to swing to a profit of at least US$20 million last year.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2026-01-23 16:25.)