Midday in Hong Kong, the HSI rose 1.86% and the Hang Seng Tech gained Index
2.69%; first-half turnover reached HKD 188.435 bln. Sector leaders: optical
communications, biotechnology and autos. Weakness: memory/storage, coal and
mobile gaming. Notable movers: CK Hutchison (00001.HK), CSPC PHARMA (01093.HK)
and 01347.HK climbed over 7%; 09863.HK rose nearly 7%; WuXi AppTec (02359.HK)
added over 6%; Lenovo Group (00992.HK) and Xiaomi (01810.HK) were up more than
4%. Worst performers: MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) down over 12%, 02513.HK down over
11%, CATL (03750.HK) slipped by about 2%.