The HSI dropped 147 points or 0.5% to 26,852 at midday. The HSCEI lost 64 points or 0.7% to 9,251. The HSTECH sagged 107 points or 1.8% to 5,800. Total half-day turnover of the market amounted to $163.897 billion.TRIP.COM-S (09961.HK) +6.200 (+1.348%) Short selling $392.22M; Ratio 7.127% sank 19.6% to $457.6 in morning session, with a turnover of $9.983 billion, and its ADR collapsed 17% overnight due to an antitrust behavior investigation by China's SAMR. BIDU-SW (09888.HK) -0.600 (-0.410%) Short selling $217.37M; Ratio 17.984% ticked up 0.3% amid rumors that it is considering upgrading its Hong Kong listing to a primary listing. LENS (06613.HK) +1.240 (+4.333%) Short selling $22.25M; Ratio 4.187% delivered batches of humanoid robots to multiple leading robotics clients, yet its share price ebbed 0.1%.Related NewsVehicle Sales YoY for Dec in China is -6.2%, lower than the previous value of 3.4%.BofA Securities forecasted Hong Kong residential property prices to rise 5-10% this year, and estimated an additional 5% increase for next year. The broker raised its target prices for Hong Kong homebuilders by 8%. Local homebuilder SHK PPT (00016.HK) +1.500 (+1.350%) Short selling $193.00M; Ratio 33.577% jumped up 2.1%, while NEW WORLD DEV (00017.HK) +0.480 (+5.310%) Short selling $30.28M; Ratio 10.620% spiked 12.3% to $9.24. SWIRE PACIFIC A (00019.HK) +0.050 (+0.069%) Short selling $35.35M; Ratio 26.203% leaped 3.9%. For other stocks, ND PAPER (02689.HK) -0.150 (-2.083%) Short selling $13.00M; Ratio 16.160% cratered 3.4%, while DAMAI ENT (01060.HK) +0.010 (+1.087%) Short selling $18.26M; Ratio 18.358% and GOLDWIND (02208.HK) +0.500 (+3.519%) Short selling $88.69M; Ratio 10.656% each descended 5.2%.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2026-01-16 16:25.)