[Hong Kong stocks on the first trading day of the Year of the Snake
Hang Seng Index closed down 0.04%, and the Tech Index rose 0.29% in the afternoon] Hong Kong stocks closed on the first trading day of the Year of the Snake, with the Hang Seng Index closing down 0.04% and the Tech Index rising 0.29% in the afternoon; AI concept stock Kingsoft Cloud (03896.HK) rose against the market trend throughout the day, closing up 31%, and SMIC (00981.HK) closed up 10%.
