Cinda Biotech (01801) announced that on May 3, 2024, the company granted 3,371 share options to independent non-executive director Mr. Chen in accordance with the terms of the initial public offering after-sales employee share ownership plan, subject to Mr. Chen's acceptance. The exercise price of the share options granted was HK$40.90 per share.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France 60 years ago, economic and trade cooperation between the two countries has been mutually beneficial and fruitful. Under the new situation, China and France are adhering to the correct direction of economic globalization, and bilateral economic and trade cooperation has shown strong resilience, which is expected to unleash greater potential and stimulate greater vitality in future development.

MGM China (02282) announced that on May 3, 2024, the company spent HK$90,200 to repurchase 6,400 shares at a repurchase price of HK$14.1 per share. On the same day, a total of 7.158,000 shares were issued as a result of the exercise of the share option scheme.

The stock price of New York Community Bank (NYCB.US) rose. As of press release, the stock had risen more than 7% to 3.61 US dollars, and the trading volume exceeded 8.53 million. Wedbush upgraded the stock's rating to “neutral.”

HSBC Holdings (00005) announced that the following changes in the membership of the board of directors and subsidiary committees took effect at the end of the annual shareholders' meeting: Nie Dewei retired from a committee under his board of directors; and Gao Anxian succeeded Nie Dewei as a senior independent non-executive director.

According to Lighthouse Pro, as of 22:14 on May 3, the total box office (including pre-sale) of the 2024 May 1st film had surpassed 1.2 billion! “Peace and Riot Force”, “Daredevil Money”, and “The Siege of Kowloon Walled City” are currently in the top three in the box office (including pre-sale).

In response to recent market news that after “May 1st,” Shenzhen will abolish the purchase restriction policy for regions other than Futian and Nanshan, and at the same time abolish the 5-year value-added tax, which can be exempted after 3 years. The Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality said that the relevant policy information is subject to the official announcement of the Municipal Housing and Construction Bureau. The Municipal Housing and Construction Bureau will take into account the actual situation in the real estate market, and under the leadership of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee and Municipal Government, make good use of the policy toolbox according to the city's policies to better meet residents' needs for rigid and improved housing and promote the steady and healthy development of the Shenzhen real estate market.

According to the website of the Yangjiang Municipal People's Government of Guangdong Province on April 29, five departments including the Yangjiang Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau jointly issued a notice to issue “Yangjiang City's Certain Measures to Further Promote the Stable and Healthy Development of the Real Estate Market”, involving 26 items such as provident fund loans and taxes. The document proposes to implement a phased campaign to issue consumer vouchers for home purchases. From the date of promulgation of this measure until December 31, 2024, after purchasing a newly built commercial house in Yangjiang City and completing the contract tax payment, each house can apply for a voucher (rounded up to 100 digits) based on three-thousandth of the purchase contract amount. The maximum amount of vouchers that can be received is 3,000 yuan. The sales price management for commercial housing has been moderately relaxed, and the registered sales price for newly built commercial housing has been adjusted dynamically. The “one price per room” was adjusted from a 15% reduction of the original maximum price to a 15% increase, and the time interval for adjusting the commercial housing filing price was shortened from three months to two months.

Apple rose 6.9%, Integer rose 4.4%, Nvidia doubled the ETF up 4.0%, Nvidia 2.14%, Wolfspeed and Arm Holdings rose 3.2%, Asmack ADR, STMicroelectronics ADR, and TSMC ADR rose 2.5%, Texas Instruments rose 1.8%, Intel 1.7%, Broadcom and AMD 1.4%, Micron Technology rose 1.4%, Meta rose 0.8%, and Qualcomm rose 0.7%.

The Dow opened up 1.27%, the NASDAQ rose 1.94%, and the S&P 500 rose 1.16%. Star Technology stock Apple rose 7.87%. The company's second-quarter revenue was better than expected, and announced the largest share repurchase of 110 billion US dollars in history. Nvidia rose 2.3%, and the US ultra-micro company rose 1.77%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index rose 0.58%, NetEase rose 1.31%, and Xiaopeng Motors fell 2.98%. Amgen surged more than 12%, and the mid-term trial of its new weight loss drug received positive data. If the drug is approved, it will compete with Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Zepbound. Paramount rose nearly 4%, and Sony Pictures Entertainment and private equity giant Apollo issued an all-cash acquisition proposal of 26 billion US dollars to Paramount Global.