Canada’s energy minister said oil sands producers now have the federal policy support needed to raise output to fill capacity on a major new pipeline. Ottawa on Wednesday unveiled plans to eliminate federal environmental reviews for energy projects, including oil and gas pipelines, gas plants and oil sands projects — the latest step in the past year to bolster energy production and speed regulatory approvals.

Overnight Middle East tensions pushed oil higher and U.S. indices fell, while the China Golden Dragon Index plunged. Hong Kong stocks have fallen 333 points over two days; the Hang Seng opened up about 10 points at 25,328 but slid as much as 155 points to 25,161 intraday and briefly breached the 100-day moving average before stabilizing after domestic data. At midday the Hang Seng was roughly flat, Hang Seng Tech down 0.58%, with turnover HKD 107.31 billion. Sector action: optical communications, PCB and coal outperformed; semiconductor equipment, computer hardware, defense and heavy machinery staged sharp rebounds; power equipment, ports & shipping and medical devices ticked higher. Consumer weakness: apparel, online healthcare and restaurants plunged; autos extended losses; gaming software, sporting goods, publishing and retail weakened. Notable stock moves: Youdi Robotics (03231.HK) jumped nearly 160% on debut, Xizhi Technology-P (01879.HK) +20%+, Weichai Power (02338.HK) +6.5%, Lenovo Group (00992.HK) +5.5%; Haidilao (06862.HK) -9.5%, Li Ning (02331.HK) and JD Health (06618.HK) each down >5%.

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