The HSI opened up 113 points or 0.5% at 24,704 this morning. The HSCEI rose 49 points or 0.6% to 8,927. The HSTECH climbed 48 points or 0.9% to 5,479.In the tech sector, BIDU-SW (09888.HK) -3.050 (-3.444%) Short selling $361.53M; Ratio 34.028% has announced a partnership with Uber to deploy thousands of autonomous vehicles globally, lifting its stock price by 4.6% at open. BABA-W (09988.HK) -1.100 (-0.967%) Short selling $653.05M; Ratio 13.741% hiked 1.9% to HKD115.7. KINGSOFT CLOUD (03896.HK) +0.100 (+1.316%) Short selling $21.15M; Ratio 2.343% added 1.1%. GDS-SW (09698.HK) -0.450 (-1.195%) Short selling $39.20M; Ratio 36.099% ebbed 2.3%. SMIC (00981.HK) +1.000 (+2.203%) Short selling $76.81M; Ratio 6.479% inched 0.5% lower.In addition, TENCENT (00700.HK) +2.000 (+0.387%) Short selling $472.07M; Ratio 13.028% opened 0.5% higher at HKD520. MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) +2.500 (+2.015%) Short selling $460.05M; Ratio 17.698% , JD-SW (09618.HK) -0.600 (-0.481%) Short selling $69.18M; Ratio 16.618% , and KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK) -0.300 (-0.431%) Short selling $125.70M; Ratio 14.447% gained 1.3-1.7%. BILIBILI-W (09626.HK) +4.900 (+2.605%) Short selling $90.77M; Ratio 10.976% edged 0.9% higher. NTES-S (09999.HK) +2.200 (+1.064%) Short selling $39.64M; Ratio 14.472% dipped 0.2%.Among automakers, GEELY AUTO (00175.HK) +0.860 (+4.710%) Short selling $168.15M; Ratio 12.914% leaped 1.4% at open to HKD18.5 on its privatization of Zeekr. BYD COMPANY (01211.HK) +2.000 (+1.633%) Short selling $357.08M; Ratio 32.115% grew 0.5%. XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) -1.100 (-1.920%) Short selling $576.90M; Ratio 10.201% and LI AUTO-W (02015.HK) +11.100 (+9.814%) Short selling $113.17M; Ratio 11.866% ticked up 1%.SINO BIOPHARM (01177.HK) +0.440 (+6.832%) Short selling $140.31M; Ratio 13.153% acquired the remaining 95.09% stake in LaNova Medicines for a maximum of USD950 million. Its stock price opened rallying 5.5%.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2025-07-17 12:25.)