The HSI closed midday higher by 261 pts or 1.5% to 18,275; the HSCEI rose 92 pts or 1.4% to 6,397; and the HSTECH lifted 65 pts or 1.8% to 3,717. The total market turnover for the half day was $90.958 billion.For techs, BABA-W (09988.HK) +1.500 (+1.750%) Short selling $1.74B; Ratio 16.207% rallied 2.5% to $87.8. TENCENT (00700.HK) -0.200 (-0.051%) Short selling $908.19M; Ratio 8.228% fell 0.4% to $387.2. MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) +2.100 (+1.570%) Short selling $1.24B; Ratio 15.198% added 1.1% to $135.3. XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) +0.080 (+0.404%) Short selling $362.41M; Ratio 13.554% , JD-SW (09618.HK) +0.800 (+0.716%) Short selling $498.74M; Ratio 25.696% and BIDU-SW (09888.HK) +0.150 (+0.176%) Short selling $226.01M; Ratio 23.878% climbed less than 1%. NTES-S (09999.HK) +1.600 (+1.306%) Short selling $111.02M; Ratio 14.385% and BILIBILI-W (09626.HK) +3.200 (+2.619%) Short selling $72.92M; Ratio 15.432% mounted more than 2%.Related NewsBOCOMI Ratings, TPs & Valuation Forecasts on CN E-Commerce Stocks (Table)KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK) -0.650 (-1.544%) Short selling $243.18M; Ratio 3.731% ’s shareholders reportedly reduced their holdings by 91.7 million shares of the company at a discount. In the morning session, 91.7 million shares were traded during the Closing Auction Session (CAS) at a price of $40.54 per share, involving $3.72 billion. KUAISHOU-W dipped 1% to $41.7. SENSETIME-W (00020.HK) +0.070 (+6.364%) Short selling $44.39M; Ratio 5.987% co-founder Xu Bing added 10 million Class B shares of the company, and the stock surged 5.5%.The EU purportedly put off voting on additional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs). EV makers XPENG-W (09868.HK) +2.450 (+6.882%) Short selling $154.44M; Ratio 12.715% and GEELY AUTO (00175.HK) +0.650 (+6.974%) Short selling $271.79M; Ratio 20.243% swelled 8% and 6%. NIO-SW (09866.HK) +1.000 (+2.436%) Short selling $128.67M; Ratio 26.912% and LI AUTO-W (02015.HK) +2.300 (+2.766%) Short selling $193.01M; Ratio 9.499% leaped 3.9% and 4.1%. BYD COMPANY (01211.HK) +0.200 (+0.082%) Short selling $486.77M; Ratio 15.557% gained 0.1% to $245.2.China is considering relaxing the purchase restrictions on homebuyers in Shanghai and Beijing who are not local households. Chinese property developers were cheered up, with KWG GROUP (01813.HK) +0.002 (+0.885%) and SUNAC (01918.HK) +0.050 (+5.051%) Short selling $20.24M; Ratio 7.364% spiking more than 5%, and CHINA JINMAO (00817.HK) +0.040 (+5.970%) Short selling $4.36M; Ratio 11.054% , CHINA VANKE (02202.HK) +0.230 (+5.437%) Short selling $78.75M; Ratio 20.455% , SINO-OCEAN GP (03377.HK) +0.008 (+4.167%) , LONGFOR GROUP (00960.HK) +0.260 (+3.055%) Short selling $45.15M; Ratio 16.581% and GREENTOWN CHINA (03900.HK) +0.270 (+4.383%) Short selling $13.39M; Ratio 17.452% shooting up 3.7%-4.5%.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2024-09-20 16:25.)Related NewsUBS Projects CN Banks' DPS to Have Downside Risk; CCB, BOC, ABC, CITIC Defensive