US bourse was closed overnight (25th). US President Donald Trump said the latest negotiations with Iran is moving along well, cheering up the market. Hong Kong stock market resumed trading today (26th) after a three-day long weekend. The HSI, at midday, closed at 25,742, up 136 pts or 0.53%. Turnover for the half day reached HKD200.379 billion. The HSTECH closed at 4,981 at midday, up 111 pts or 2.29%. The HSCEI closed at 8,628, up 77 pts or 0.91%.Local chip stocks rallied after Huawei unveiled a new theory in the semiconductor field, raising hopes of producing 1.4nm chips within five years. SMIC (00981.HK) +0.800 (+0.948%) Short selling $2.27B; Ratio 13.645% spiked 8.52% at midday. HUA HONG SEMI (01347.HK) +8.700 (+6.054%) Short selling $1.30B; Ratio 16.887% shot up nearly 11%. ASMPT (00522.HK) -0.800 (-0.391%) Short selling $101.91M; Ratio 7.667% soared 13.76%. GIGADEVICE (03986.HK) +17.500 (+2.121%) rebounded 6.11%.Among blue chips, LENOVO GROUP (00992.HK) +0.810 (+4.453%) Short selling $1.83B; Ratio 26.543% notched a record high and was the best-performing blue chip at midday, leaping 17.84% to HKD18.56 after Goldman Sachs sharply raised its TP to HKD27. Turnover reached HKD5.973 billion for the half day. NTES-S (09999.HK) +6.100 (+3.222%) Short selling $738.03M; Ratio 28.548% closed at HKD189.5 at midday, up 4.41%. BABA-W (09988.HK) -3.300 (-2.586%) Short selling $932.37M; Ratio 10.106% gained 1.26%, while TENCENT (00700.HK) -4.600 (-1.048%) Short selling $753.04M; Ratio 6.949% edged down 0.32%. XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) -1.360 (-4.570%) Short selling $2.32B; Ratio 28.093% , which will announce results after market close, rose 1.2% at midday.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2026-05-27 16:25.)
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