＜H Shrs＞HSI Ascends 323 pts at Midday; Brokerages & CN Homebuilders Rally, while HSBC & HANG SENG Rise Pre-results

　　HSI elevated 323 points or 1.9% to 17,326 at half-day. HSCEI lifted 124 points or 2.1% to 6,111. HSTECH rose 98 points or 2.9% to 3,513. Half-day turnover totalled $62.082 billion.

　　HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) +1.000 (+1.496%) Short selling $129.38M; Ratio 20.480% and HANG SENG BANK (00011.HK) +1.700 (+1.672%) Short selling $16.77M; Ratio 33.986% announced interim results at noon. They elevated 1.5% and 1.7% in the morning session respectively. STANCHART (02888.HK) +2.700 (+3.511%) Short selling $7.61M; Ratio 6.095% lifted 3.5%.

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　　Brokerage stocks outperformed the broader market, with CICC (03908.HK) +0.740 (+9.227%) Short selling $8.82M; Ratio 4.297% and CGS (06881.HK) +0.340 (+9.189%) Short selling $11.99M; Ratio 7.153% both rocketing 9.2% and CITIC SEC (06030.HK) +0.880 (+8.029%) Short selling $13.95M; Ratio 7.392% spiking 8%. GF SEC (01776.HK) +0.400 (+6.231%) Short selling $1.68M; Ratio 4.511% , CSC (06066.HK) +0.320 (+6.084%) Short selling $3.97M; Ratio 11.824% and HAITONG SEC (06837.HK) +0.220 (+6.433%) Short selling $6.94M; Ratio 28.859% hiked over 6%. Chinese insurance stocks also advanced, with PING AN (02318.HK) +1.050 (+3.153%) Short selling $186.15M; Ratio 22.255% rising 3.3%, CHINA LIFE (02628.HK) +0.420 (+4.015%) Short selling $41.12M; Ratio 29.054% , CHINA TAIPING (00966.HK) +0.320 (+4.010%) Short selling $2.44M; Ratio 12.233% and ZA ONLINE (06060.HK) +0.580 (+4.567%) Short selling $1.92M; Ratio 10.857% lifting 4% to 4.6%, and CPIC (02601.HK) +1.270 (+6.453%) Short selling $27.08M; Ratio 24.677% mounting 6.5%.

　　Mainland property stocks were also notable winners. CIFI HOLD GP (00884.HK) +0.020 (+7.407%) Short selling $274.95K; Ratio 1.307% , CHINA JINMAO (00817.HK) +0.040 (+6.780%) Short selling $685.20K; Ratio 11.261% and AGILE GROUP (03383.HK) +0.030 (+6.522%) Short selling $401.76K; Ratio 6.662% surged 6.5% to 7.4%, KWG GROUP (01813.HK) +0.015 (+5.556%) and SUNAC (01918.HK) +0.060 (+6.000%) Short selling $5.54M; Ratio 9.228% rallied 5.6% and 6%, and LONGFOR GROUP (00960.HK) +0.400 (+4.098%) Short selling $5.94M; Ratio 12.062% , CHINA VANKE (02202.HK) +0.180 (+4.401%) Short selling $8.48M; Ratio 9.982% and SINO-OCEAN GP (03377.HK) +0.015 (+4.615%) mounted more than 4%. Building materials stock BBMG (02009.HK) +0.030 (+5.357%) Short selling $184.50K; Ratio 5.951% ascended 5.4%.

　　As for technology stocks, BABA-SW (09988.HK) +1.600 (+2.100%) Short selling $328.15M; Ratio 19.292% elevated 2.1%. TENCENT (00700.HK) +10.600 (+2.998%) Short selling $526.80M; Ratio 15.523% , MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) +3.500 (+3.289%) Short selling $238.94M; Ratio 19.695% , XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) +0.540 (+3.309%) Short selling $167.56M; Ratio 21.668% , NTES-S (09999.HK) +4.300 (+3.015%) Short selling $27.46M; Ratio 12.115% , KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK) +1.600 (+3.800%) Short selling $26.36M; Ratio 10.245% and BILIBILI-W (09626.HK) +4.200 (+3.587%) Short selling $16.08M; Ratio 10.446% escalated between 3% and 3.8%. KINGSOFT CLOUD (03896.HK) +0.080 (+6.061%) Short selling $620.16K; Ratio 9.615% and SENSETIME-W (00020.HK) +0.070 (+6.140%) Short selling $23.61M; Ratio 10.681% hiked 6.1%, while KINGDEE INT'L (00268.HK) +0.490 (+8.657%) Short selling $10.56M; Ratio 14.937% and EAST BUY (01797.HK) +0.810 (+8.325%) Short selling $8.96M; Ratio 4.369% soared more than 8%.

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　　US chip stocks rebounded in after-hours trading. Chip equipment stock ASMPT (00522.HK) +2.950 (+3.734%) Short selling $29.69M; Ratio 34.969% mounted 3.7%, and chip stocks SMIC (00981.HK) +0.520 (+3.186%) Short selling $34.21M; Ratio 15.079% and HUA HONG SEMI (01347.HK) +0.790 (+3.998%) Short selling $5.81M; Ratio 5.428% elevated 3.2% and 4%.

　　For other stocks, HKEX (00388.HK) +5.200 (+2.285%) Short selling $124.32M; Ratio 19.425% and AIA (01299.HK) +0.600 (+1.140%) Short selling $132.58M; Ratio 19.630% rose 2.3% and 1.1%. HUANENG POWER (00902.HK) -0.330 (-6.735%) Short selling $128.65M; Ratio 32.210% reported a 20% interim net profit growth, but Daiwa noted in a report that its 2Q profit was down 30% and weaker than expected. HUANENG shares crashed 6.7%. TECHTRONIC IND (00669.HK) +3.750 (+3.914%) Short selling $50.20M; Ratio 30.073% escalated 3.9% after quarterly results of peers showed improved demand for end-user products across the sector.

　　(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2024-07-31 12:25.)

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