Hong Kong stocks opened higher and the Hang Seng reclaimed the 25,000 mark,
hitting an intraday high of 25,206 (up as much as 243 points). At midday the
Hang Seng was up 0.81% and the Hang Seng Tech index was up 1.69%, with market
turnover HKD 111.23 bln. Sector winners included media & entertainment, travel,
consumer electronics, new consumer, airlines and autos; road transport,
semiconductors, oil & gas, optical communications and coal lagged. Notable
movers: 00805.HK +22%, Xiaomi Group (01810.HK) +7.6%, 00100.HK +5%; 02513.HK,
Trip.com Group (09961.HK) and Meituan (03690.HK) each rose over 3.5%.