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<H Shrs>HSI Slips 59 pts at Midday; BYD Hits New High; WEIMOB Hyped Up 20%+
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The HSI settled the midday down 59 points or 0.3% at 23,581. The HSCEI fell 22 points or 0.3% to 8,570. The HSTECH dropped 33 points or 0.6% to 5,348. The total half-day turnover for the market was HKD110.149 billion.

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation held a symposium with platform operators, encouraging tailored measures to support individual businesses. BABA-W (09988.HK) inched down 0.3% to HKD130.

TENCENT (00700.HK) logged an in-line 22% increase in its non-IFRS net profit for 1Q. Its stock price opened 2% higher but eventually ended the midday down 0.5% at HKD518.5. Amid reports indicating that TENCENT has established an e-commerce product department to advance WeChat's transaction model, WEIMOB INC (02013.HK) was hyped up 20.5%, on a half-day turnover of over HKD1 billion.

Among other tech stocks, XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) and NTES-S (09999.HK) rose 1% and 1.8%, respectively, while KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK), BIDU-SW (09888.HK), MEITUAN-W (03690.HK), and BILIBILI-W (09626.HK) fell 1.5-2.2%. JD-SW (09618.HK) faltered 3.6%. TME-SW (01698.HK) surged 8.9% at midday. XD INC (02400.HK) ballooned 6.5%. JD HEALTH (06618.HK) and GDS-SW (09698.HK) waned 2.6% and 3.5%. PA GOODDOCTOR (01833.HK) sank 5.4%. Chip stock SMIC (00981.HK) edged down 0.6%. PC manufacturer LENOVO GROUP (00992.HK) eroded 2.3%.

In the automotive sector, BYD COMPANY (01211.HK) rallied 3.5% to HKD429.2. It once reached a new intraday high of HKD431.2. GEELY AUTO (00175.HK) also grew 2.4% to HKD19.6. Lithium stocks GANFENGLITHIUM (01772.HK) and TIANQI LITHIUM (09696.HK) slipped 2.9% and 3.7%, respectively.
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