Back    Zoom +    Zoom -
HSI Below 17,000 after Midday, Logging 3-mth Low; MEITUAN Slips 6%+; HK Mkt Outshines
Recommend
367
Positive
166
Negative
432
Major stock markets in the Asia Pacific region tumbled across the board today (25th) amid elevating risk aversion. Nikkei 225 Stock Average closed down 1,285 pts or 3.3%. Hong Kong bourse continued the downtrend of the past two days, sinking below the 17,000 mark after midday, down 335 pts at one point, hitting a three-month low of 16,975. The HSI last reported at 17,010, a further slip of 300 pts or about 1.7%, with a turnover of $79.096 billion.

MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) plunged 6.2%, being the biggest loser among blue chips, closing at $106.3, an almost two-month low, with turnover of $4.182 billion. Other heavyweight internet/ technology equipment stocks declined in line with the external pressure, with LENOVO GROUP (00992.HK), TRIP.COM-S (09961.HK) and TENCENT (00700.HK) each dived about 3%-3.7%. BIDU-SW (09888.HK), XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) and LI AUTO-W (02015.HK) fell off 1.9%-2.6%. KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK), BILIBILI-W (09626.HK) and JD-SW (09618.HK) each sank about 1%. BABA-SW (09988.HK) dipped 0.6%.

Related NewsNomura Upgrades JD LOGISTICS (02618.HK) to Buy, Raises TP to $16.5
The commodity sector was under hefty selling pressure, with the three oils PETROCHINA (00857.HK) and CNOOC (00883.HK) diving 3.4%-4.2%, and SINOPEC CORP (00386.HK) losing 1.4%. ZIJIN MINING (02899.HK) stumbled 5.7%. CHINA SHENHUA (01088.HK) plummeted 3%. CHINAHONGQIAO (01378.HK) faded 1.4%. Shares of “Valuation System with Chinese Characteristics (VSCC)” were subdued. Among the three major Chinese telecoms, CHINA MOBILE (00941.HK) eroded 1.3%. CHINA TELECOM (00728.HK) plunged nearly 3%. CHINA UNICOM (00762.HK) collapsed 4.8%.

Many major Chinese banks lowered their deposit interest rates. CM BANK (03968.HK) cascaded 3.3%. CCB (00939.HK), ICBC (01398.HK) and BANK OF CHINA (03988.HK) inched down 0.6%-0.9%. Citi released a report, expecting that the net profit of CMB in 2Q will be lower than expected, making it difficult to justify the valuation premium. HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) edged down 0.5%. AIA (01299.HK) and HKEX (00388.HK) dropped more than 1% each. CHINA LIFE (02628.HK) sagged 2.6%.
AAStocks Financial News