Hong Kong stocks paused higher at midday as the Hang Seng Index rose 0.72% to
25,883.24 and the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 0.50% to 4,724.12. Insurance,
power-equipment, nonferrous metals and solid-state battery names led sector
gains; blockchain names were active while agriculture and department-store
stocks lagged and biotech was mixed. Notable movers: Boyaa Interactive
(00434.HK) +~17%, 3SBio (01530.HK) +11.8%, MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) +>7%, Shandong
Gold (01787.HK) +>6%, Evergrande Property Services (06666.HK) and Laopu Gold
(06181.HK) +>5%, China Life (02628.HK), Yangtze Optical Fiber & Cable (06869.HK)
and Zijin Gold International (02259.HK) +>4%. Post-results losers included
NetEase Cloud Music (09899.HK) -18.4%; Yingxi Intelligent (03696.HK) -8.4%,
Genting New (01952.HK) -5.4%, and Pop Mart (09992.HK) -3%.
