The HSI opened 67 points or 0.4% higher at 19,621. The HSCEI opened 17 points or 0.3% higher at 6,952. The HSTECH opened 11 points or 0.3% higher at 4,124.
Hang Seng Indexes Company released its quarterly review, in which it added BYD ELECTRONIC (00285.HK) +0.550 (+1.627%) Short selling $44.15M; Ratio 9.204% into the constituents of the HSI and excluded CG SERVICES (06098.HK) -0.130 (-1.906%) Short selling $64.20M; Ratio 14.830% . BYD ELECTRONIC leaped 3.1%, while CG SERVICES also hiked 0.4%. Hang Seng Indexes Company also added ZIJIN MINING (02899.HK) +0.920 (+4.909%) Short selling $308.72M; Ratio 21.755% into the constituents of the HSCEI and excluded XINYI SOLAR (00968.HK) +0.050 (+0.949%) Short selling $45.14M; Ratio 22.211% . ZIJIN MINING, a blue chip, jumped up 3.6% along with its peers, while blue chip XINYI SOLAR slid 0.2%.
Precious metal stocks opened higher as silver price rose through US$31, hitting over 11-year high. CHI SILVER GP (00815.HK) +0.165 (+54.098%) spiked 14.8%. Gold price climbed over 1%. ZHAOJIN MINING (01818.HK) +0.680 (+4.690%) Short selling $46.97M; Ratio 14.980% and SD GOLD (01787.HK) +0.780 (+4.203%) Short selling $14.83M; Ratio 3.559% advanced 4.8% and 4.5%. Apple Inc. (AAPL.US) is said to plan to launch a thinner version of iPhone in 2025. SUNNY OPTICAL (02382.HK) +0.150 (+0.341%) Short selling $36.78M; Ratio 7.604% picked up 1.1%.
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