The HSI concluded the midday at 26,216, up 439 points or 1.7%. The HSCEI grew 142 points or 1.6% to 8,824. The HSTECH rose 139 points or 2.9% to 5,010. The total half-day turnover for the market amounted to HKD107.63 billion. Southbound trading is suspended due to the Labor Day holiday and will resume on Wednesday (6th).HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) +2.200 (+1.553%) Short selling $225.55M; Ratio 8.458% and AIA (01299.HK) +1.050 (+1.235%) Short selling $483.24M; Ratio 21.436% advanced 2.1% and 2%. HKEX (00388.HK) +1.800 (+0.442%) Short selling $273.53M; Ratio 21.251% also gained 1%. Major blue-chip stocks performed outstandingly. TENCENT (00700.HK) +2.400 (+0.547%) Short selling $865.79M; Ratio 8.160% leaped 1.7%. Data showed that China's weekly invocation volume for large AI models again surpassed that of the US, with Tencent Hunyuan 3's free preview edition ranking first in model invocation volume. BABA-W (09988.HK) +1.000 (+0.794%) Short selling $961.22M; Ratio 11.256% surged 5.6%. MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) -0.750 (-0.914%) Short selling $1.17B; Ratio 36.108% shot up 2.8%. BYD COMPANY (01211.HK) +1.050 (+1.160%) Short selling $681.35M; Ratio 40.780% added 1.1%. Its April new energy vehicle sales spiked 7% MoM. XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) +0.340 (+1.146%) Short selling $833.97M; Ratio 27.536% rocketed 8.8%, as BofA Securities expected its 1Q26 smartphone gross margin to beat forecasts. SMIC (00981.HK) +5.650 (+7.615%) Short selling $1.35B; Ratio 8.174% escalated 3.1%.Related NewsUnemployment Rate for April in China is 5.2%, lower than the previous value of 5.4%. The forecast was 5.3%.Among other tech stocks, BIDU-SW (09888.HK) +1.700 (+1.344%) Short selling $263.28M; Ratio 24.338% and KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK) +0.660 (+1.467%) Short selling $278.10M; Ratio 18.802% rallied 4.5% and 4.3%. NTES-S (09999.HK) +9.800 (+5.708%) Short selling $462.88M; Ratio 15.995% ticked up 1.9%. BofA Securities raised its forecast for capital expenditure of global hyperscale cloud companies to over USD800 billion. Data center power supply play WEICHAI POWER (02338.HK) +2.020 (+5.166%) Short selling $128.47M; Ratio 12.379% was hyped up 12.4%. Renewable energy stocks CHINA LONGYUAN (00916.HK) -0.010 (-0.157%) Short selling $38.08M; Ratio 20.531% , XINYI SOLAR (00968.HK) -0.020 (-0.733%) Short selling $61.18M; Ratio 32.660% , and DATANG RENEW (01798.HK) +0.010 (+0.602%) Short selling $1.92M; Ratio 27.965% ballooned over 5%.Regarding carmakers, LI AUTO-W (02015.HK) -0.450 (-0.723%) Short selling $277.25M; Ratio 20.567% grew 4.5% despite April deliveries falling 17% MoM. XPENG-W (09868.HK) +2.000 (+3.300%) Short selling $327.56M; Ratio 26.631% added 2.2%. NIO-SW (09866.HK) -0.180 (-0.419%) Short selling $158.45M; Ratio 33.719% ebbed 1.3%, even though its April deliveries rose 23% YoY.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2026-05-22 16:25.)
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