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<H Shrs>HSI Closes Down 524 Pts as Metal Resources Stocks Slip; AI Stocks Drop
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The HSI shed 524 points or 2% to close at 25,500. The HSCEI dropped 139 points or 1.6% to close at 8,695. The HSTECH faded 112 points or 2.2% to close at 4,996. Total market turnover for the day amounted to $306.214 billion.

XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) unveiled its flagship platform model, Xiaomi MiMo-V2-Pro, boosting its share price by 3.4% to close at $36.32. AI stocks KNOWLEDGE ATLAS (02513.HK) and MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) plummeted 11.2% and 13.9%, while XTALPI (02228.HK) and INSILICO (03696.HK) descended over 5%.

Chip stocks SMIC (00981.HK) and HUA HONG SEMI (01347.HK) stumbled 3.2% and 5.7%, while BIREN TECH (06082.HK) and ILUVATAR COREX (09903.HK) sank 6.9% and 11.8%. Fiber optic stock YOFC (06869.HK) eroded 6.7%, while power equipment stocks HARBIN ELECTRIC (01133.HK) and DONGFANG ELEC (01072.HK) dipped 6.5% and 7.6%. Automaker BYD COMPANY (01211.HK) added 1%.

CHERY AUTO (09973.HK) announced a strategic deployment in controlled nuclear fusion, declaring its commitment to the R&D of 'artificial sun', boosting its stock price by 3.9%.

Oil prices rose significantly, with PETROCHINA (00857.HK) and CNOOC (00883.HK) jumping up 2.4% and 4.5%. Oil equipment stock SHANDONG MOLONG (00568.HK) spiked 12.9%. Diminished expectations for US interest rate cuts affected commodities stocks.

For gold miners, SD GOLD (01787.HK), ZHAOJIN MINING (01818.HK), ZIJIN GOLD INTL (02259.HK) and ZIJIN MINING (02899.HK) slumped 7.1-9.3%, while CHINAGOLDINTL (02099.HK) and LINGBAO GOLD (03330.HK) dipped 10.5% and 14.5%.

Resources stocks MMG (01208.HK), CHINAHONGQIAO (01378.HK), CHALCO (02600.HK) and CMOC (03993.HK) cratered 5.6-7%, while JIANGXI COPPER (00358.HK) shrank 5.2%. Gold jewelry retailer LAOPU GOLD (06181.HK) tumbled 5.2%.
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