The HSI concluded the midday down 123 points or 0.5% at 25,593. The HSCEI fell 1 point to 8,698. The HSTECH dropped 20 points or 0.4% to 5,007. The total market turnover for the half-day amounted to HKD126.059 billion.In the financial sector, HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) -0.300 (-0.230%) Short selling $900.85M; Ratio 129.638% and STANCHART (02888.HK) -3.600 (-2.154%) Short selling $9.24M; Ratio 32.781% receded 3.8% and 4.4%. HKEX (00388.HK) -4.400 (-1.099%) Short selling $293.33M; Ratio 106.963% and AIA (01299.HK) -1.350 (-1.543%) Short selling $571.87M; Ratio 98.025% dipped 0.7% and 1.5%.As oil prices rallied overnight, PETROCHINA (00857.HK) +0.220 (+2.085%) Short selling $379.67M; Ratio 75.241% and CNOOC (00883.HK) +0.060 (+0.223%) Short selling $602.03M; Ratio 28.522% grew 1.4% and 1.6%. SINOPEC CORP (00386.HK) +0.010 (+0.218%) Short selling $209.59M; Ratio 124.657% slid 3.4%. Airlines CHINA SOUTH AIR (01055.HK) -0.180 (-4.255%) Short selling $14.13M; Ratio 45.958% , CHINA EAST AIR (00670.HK) -0.190 (-4.859%) Short selling $30.52M; Ratio 50.072% , and AIR CHINA (00753.HK) -0.190 (-3.808%) Short selling $27.03M; Ratio 47.055% shed 2.7-3.5%.Gold prices inched down 1% amid weakening market expectations for interest rate cuts. ZIJIN GOLD INTL (02259.HK) -6.000 (-3.295%) Short selling $248.76M; Ratio 62.029% lost 4%. SD GOLD (01787.HK) -0.180 (-0.535%) Short selling $71.88M; Ratio 44.978% and ZHAOJIN MINING (01818.HK) -0.640 (-1.932%) Short selling $69.89M; Ratio 52.352% eroded 2.9% and 3.2%.Swire Group plans to net HKD1.79 billion by placing a 2.52% stake in CATHAY PAC AIR (00293.HK) -0.330 (-2.811%) Short selling $38.13M; Ratio 79.812% at a discount of over 9%. CATHAY PAC AIR faded 3%. SWIRE PACIFIC A (00019.HK) +0.450 (+0.517%) Short selling $67.02M; Ratio 377.292% advanced 5% after it surprised the market with an increased dividend. SWIREPROPERTIES (01972.HK) -0.220 (-0.948%) Short selling $6.14M; Ratio 203.690% ticked up 2%. Various brokers lifted their target prices for this stock following its results release. MTR CORPORATION (00066.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $42.60M; Ratio 164.371% collapsed 6.3%. It reported a 7% drop in annual net profit, meeting expectations. The market is eyeing the visibility of capital expenditure for Northern Link Part 2.Among tech stocks, TENCENT (00700.HK) -7.400 (-1.490%) Short selling $1.08B; Ratio 47.391% , BABA-W (09988.HK) -4.200 (-3.423%) Short selling $1.80B; Ratio 62.850% , JD-SW (09618.HK) -1.000 (-0.886%) Short selling $333.77M; Ratio 174.780% , BIDU-SW (09888.HK) -0.800 (-0.730%) Short selling $180.79M; Ratio 150.451% , and NTES-S (09999.HK) -1.300 (-0.738%) Short selling $244.93M; Ratio 79.905% ballooned 1.1-1.6%. MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) -1.700 (-2.074%) Short selling $939.39M; Ratio 62.972% and KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK) -1.300 (-2.814%) Short selling $218.76M; Ratio 44.692% edged 0.5% and 0.7% lower. BILIBILI-W (09626.HK) -4.100 (-2.245%) Short selling $91.44M; Ratio 46.716% added 0.4%. EAST BUY (01797.HK) +0.160 (+0.533%) Short selling $29.86M; Ratio 30.901% and WEIMOB INC (02013.HK) -0.040 (-2.667%) Short selling $1.86M; Ratio 14.259% slid 5.4% and 4.4%.AI stock KNOWLEDGE ATLAS (02513.HK) -136.000 (-14.863%) Short selling $37.04M; Ratio 2.591% fell 1.2%. Its peers SENSETIME-W (00020.HK) -0.040 (-2.116%) Short selling $101.09M; Ratio 50.773% and MINIMAX-WP (00100.HK) -110.500 (-10.425%) Short selling $150.00M; Ratio 24.219% plunged 3.8% and 3.9%. INSILICO (03696.HK) -3.550 (-5.839%) Short selling $54.48M; Ratio 67.797% dived 6.2%.Chip stocks SMIC (00981.HK) -1.850 (-3.500%) Short selling $598.61M; Ratio 79.112% and HUA HONG SEMI (01347.HK) -4.300 (-5.140%) Short selling $251.62M; Ratio 52.021% dropped 1.7% and 6.4%. ILUVATAR COREX (09903.HK) -11.800 (-5.095%) Short selling $23.97M; Ratio 81.175% tumbled 3.9%.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2026-04-02 16:25.)
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