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<H Shrs>HSI Climbs 88 Pts at Midday as BABA-W/ XIAOMI-W Gain; POP MART Swells 6%+
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The HSI inched up 88 points or 0.33% to 26,718 at midday. The HSCEI ascended 30 points or 0.3% to 9,145. The HSTECH ticked up 7 points or 0.1% to 5,769. Total half-day turnover of the market amounted to $127.938 billion.

Market rumors suggest BABA-W (09988.HK) decided to support its chip subsidiary's separate listing, boosting its share price by 2.6% to $169.1. Enflame, one of the 'Four Dragons of Domestic GPU', had its STAR market IPO application accepted.

Related NewsIndustrial Production YoY for Dec in China is 5.2%, higher than the previous value of 4.8%. The forecast was 5%.
Chip stocks declined along with its Chinese peers, with SMIC (00981.HK) and HUA HONG SEMI (01347.HK) dropping 0.8% and 2.2%. INNOSCIENCE (02577.HK) and ILUVATAR COREX (09903.HK) faded 3.1% and 7.4%, while chip equipment stock ASMPT (00522.HK) waned 3.5%.

For financials, HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) slid 0.2%, while HKEX (00388.HK) and AIA (01299.HK) lifted 0.6% and 0.1%. There are reports that POP MART (09992.HK) launched its Valentine's Day limited edition Twinkle Twinkle series products, with a premium of nearly 7x for hidden variants, driving its share price up by 6.5%.

Automaker BYD COMPANY (01211.HK) shed 1%. XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) jumped up 2.5% after it announced a $2.5 billion share buyback program. Intelligent driving stocks WERIDE-W (00800.HK) and PONY-W (02026.HK) advanced 5.6% and 6.0%, while lithium stocks TIANQI LITHIUM (09696.HK) and GANFENGLITHIUM (01772.HK) leaped 3% and 5.3%.

Related NewsFixed Asset Investment (YTD) YoY for Dec in China is -3.8%, lower than the previous value of -2.6%. The forecast was -3%.
Robotics concept stock JOHNSON ELEC H (00179.HK) slumped 7% as its operating data missed market consensus. SANHUA (02050.HK) and ROBOSENSE (02498.HK) shrank 3.4% and 3%.
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