HK Stocks Midday: Hang Seng Index Falls 0.52% to 24,704; CATL Drops Over 4% Again
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The Hang Seng fell 0.52% to 24,704 at midday, dragged by a 4%+ slide in CATL; tech and copper stocks sold off together, yet small-cap IPOs and AI plays bucked the trend — a sharply divided session.
How far did the market fall, and where did the money go?
The Hang Seng lost 129 points to 24,704; the Hang Seng Tech Index dropped 1.11%, widening from the morning.
Turnover hit HK$82.1 billion by midday — decent volume, but flows leaned defensive.
Blue-chip tech sold off across the board: Tencent and Alibaba fell over 1%; Techtronic Industries dropped nearly 3%, leading the decline.
Why does CATL keep falling?
CATL (03750) slid another 4%+ at midday, extending a multi-session decline.
Citi noted that market fears over battery demand already overshoot reality. The real pressure comes from automakers reshuffling their battery supply chains.
This means → the problem is not "batteries aren't selling." It is that downstream customers are diversifying suppliers, forcing a repricing of CATL's market-share outlook.
Why are copper and property stocks also under pressure?
Copper miners led losses: China Moly fell 4.6%, Jiangxi Copper fell 3.5%. Analysts point to rising expectations of another Fed rate hike, which weakens marginal support for copper prices.
In plain terms = when rate-hike bets rise, the dollar strengthens, and dollar-priced copper gets squeezed — copper stocks follow it down.
Mainland property stocks retreated together: Sunac fell 1.5%, Seazen fell 3.3%. Earlier rumors of mortgage-interest subsidies sparked a brief rally, but the industry widely doubts the policy will materialize — sentiment faded fast.
Who bucked the trend, and why?
Keli Technology surged 20% — the warehouse-logistics automation theme keeps building, and the company is accelerating overseas expansion.
Dmall rallied over 14%, gaining more than 90% in two weeks. Its AI-powered retail ecosystem is moving from concept to execution — making it the hottest momentum name in the market.
Nazhen Technology rose over 7%, backed by the Hisense group. The market is betting on synergies with two other listed Hisense affiliates.
Which other individual stocks stand out?
Tuhu gained 6%, planning to acquire full ownership of Australia's Conti Trade to push its international expansion.
Zhida Technology rose 2.99%, proposing a share placement to raise roughly HK$203 million for public-charging infrastructure and robotics.
Pateo rose 2.7% after signing a strategic MOU with Arm to deepen its physical-AI strategy — embedding AI capabilities directly into hardware chips.
What should we watch this afternoon?
Whether CATL can stabilize sets the tone for heavyweight sentiment.
How copper stocks digest the Fed rate-hike narrative determines the near-term direction for the resources sector.
This reflects the session's core tension: macro expectations (rate hikes, policy delivery) and stock-level stories (AI, overseas expansion) are pulling the market in opposite directions on the same day.
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