Hong Kong Stocks Oct 13 Close: HSI Up 0.3%, Oil & Shipping Strengthen, AI Hardware & Pharma Under Pressure
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The Hang Seng closed up 0.30% at 24,345 on Oct 13, lifted by oil, shipping and gaming stocks, while AI hardware and pharma CROs stayed under pressure — the market caught between geopolitical premiums and a tech valuation reset.
The broad market bounced — why did Hang Seng Tech miss the ride?
HSI closed at 24,345.22, up 0.30%; the HSCEI edged up 0.08%; Hang Seng Tech fell 0.79% to 4,136.63.
Turnover hit HK$187.6 bn — decent liquidity, but buying clustered in old-economy names while tech lacked fresh inflows.
CICC notes Hang Seng Tech's 12-month forward P/E has retreated to 14.2×, essentially back to the 14× level before the Sep 24 rally kicked off; its 14-day RSI touched 27.7 (oversold), and southbound inflows are accelerating — in their view, short-term bottom characteristics have reappeared.
Oil, shipping and gaming all rallied — who is footing the bill?
Mideast tensions kept Brent hovering around US$105. PetroChina (00857) rose 3.70% to HK$10.22. Huaan Securities sees PetroChina H-shares as still undervalued on a peer-comparison basis.
Shipping stocks climbed across the board: COSCO Shipping Energy +4.44%, TS Lines +4.01%, OOIL +3.32%. This means → geopolitical premiums and logistics strength are reinforcing each other, drawing capital into higher-certainty old-economy plays.
JPMorgan's container-shipping report: the Sep logistics-manager index re-accelerated to 70.2; LA port logged its busiest three months ever in Jun–Aug; global port congestion reached roughly 13% of the fleet. The bank maintains an overweight call on Asian shipping and ports.
Gaming stocks joined in: Galaxy Entertainment +3.54%, Sands China +3.35%. Citi reaffirms an Oct Macau GGR forecast of MOP 25 bn, with daily GGR up 4% YoY. UBS, however, warns post-Q3 demand recovery has disappointed, and the market will scrutinize upcoming results for what is driving the slowdown.
Why is AI hardware still falling?
Memory, semis and optical-comms names kept sliding: Montage Technology −5.1%, Hua Hong Semi −5.29%, Zhongji Innolight −1.44%.
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan compared market sentiment to a casino and warned that financing the AI buildout will become a critical issue; Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan echoed the cautious tone. In plain terms = two chip-industry chiefs hit the brakes at the same time — the message to the market is "stop looking only at demand; ask who's paying."
Morningstar analyst Martin Szumski argues optical-comms and compute-hardware momentum is anchored directly to hyperscaler capex commitments, and the phase of open-ended spending expansion may be ending as investment discipline tightens. This reflects a valuation-logic shift across the AI hardware chain — from "demand explosion" to "who foots the bill."
Why did pharma CROs fall so hard?
GenScript Biotech tumbled 15.61%, Pharmaron fell 6.61%, Tigermed dropped 6.08% — sector losses far exceeded the broader market.
Cleveland Fed President Hammack said smaller, more frequent policy adjustments help anchor inflation expectations. This means → the Fed's rate-cut path looks slower and more incremental than the market hoped, keeping rate-sensitive assets like innovative-drug names under pressure.
Industrial Securities sees short-term noise from U.S.-listed peer pullbacks, but argues AI-driven drug discovery retains long-term potential — though near-term sentiment has not fully cleared.
Export-tax rebate cuts — how does the EV and battery chain cope?
China's MOF and tax authority announced that from Apr 1, 2027, the VAT export-rebate rate on NEVs will drop from 13% to 9%; the rebate on e-cigarette devices will be eliminated entirely.
The EV-battery chain sold off: Lead Intelligent −10.70%, Ganfeng Lithium −3.29%, XPeng −1.66%. Smoore International fell 9.49%, hit directly by the e-cigarette rebate removal.
Citi says the timing and magnitude match expectations, but the announcement came right after the EU plug-in-hybrid agreement and soft Sep passenger-vehicle sales, compounding a conservative Q4 outlook. In plain terms = the rebate cut itself was no surprise — the real pressure is all the bad news landing at once.
Which individual stocks moved unusually?
Kingdee International (00268) +5.18%: subscription ARR reached roughly RMB 4.604 bn, up 19.3% YoY; Q3 net-new ARR surged 46.9% YoY; AI-native product bookings hit RMB 1.002 bn. This means → SaaS transition and AI monetization are delivering in tandem — the market rewarded it.
Yue Yuen (00551) +6.93%: Sep revenue of US$669 m, up 5.6% YoY; but the nine-month cumulative figure is still down 2.1% YoY — whether the single-month improvement holds remains to be seen.
Man Wah Holdings (01999) −13.45%: profit warning flags a 70%–90% H1 profit decline YoY, driven by rising raw-material costs and U.S.-business impairments.
Haidilao (06862) −3.02%, hitting an intraday stage low: controlling shareholder Zhang Yong entered a RMB 100 m loan agreement with the company, 30-day tenor. Citi flags potential investor concern over the controlling shareholder's funding needs; clarity awaits further management disclosure.
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