The HSI slid 282 points or 1.3% to 20,810 at midday. The HSCEI dropped 112 points or 1.5% to 7,467. The HSTECH ebbed 53 points or 1.1% to 4,614. Total half-day turnover for the market amounted to $109.967 billion.Automakers fell. BYD COMPANY (01211.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $305.03M; Ratio 16.052% , LI AUTO-W (02015.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $195.53M; Ratio 19.177% and GEELY AUTO (00175.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $145.04M; Ratio 16.216% lost 1.9-2.8%, while LEAPMOTOR (09863.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $28.70M; Ratio 19.238% , NIO-SW (09866.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $140.37M; Ratio 50.016% and GWMOTOR (02333.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $29.47M; Ratio 11.831% sagged over 5%. XPENG-W (09868.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $281.49M; Ratio 34.660% faded 3.7% along with its peers after orders for the its AI car, the P7+, exceeded 30,000 in less than 2 hours of pre-sale. Auto agency ZHONGSHENG HLDG (00881.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $22.99M; Ratio 29.649% cascaded 4.4%.Related NewsBOCOMI Hikes JD-SW (09618.HK) TP to $217, Foresees 3Q Results In LineConsumers continued to decline, with CHINA RES BEER (00291.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $94.92M; Ratio 14.444% shrinking 8.6%. TOPSPORTS (06110.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $14.98M; Ratio 26.878% , HISENSE HA (00921.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $17.06M; Ratio 23.194% , WANT WANT CHINA (00151.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $1.00M; Ratio 5.707% , MENGNIU DAIRY (02319.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $55.82M; Ratio 9.139% , JIUMAOJIU (09922.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $9.33M; Ratio 4.784% , NONGFU SPRING (09633.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $132.12M; Ratio 29.651% , CHINA FEIHE (06186.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $14.32M; Ratio 9.029% and TSINGTAO BREW (00168.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $43.86M; Ratio 12.887% cratered 3.8-5%. Pharmas WUXI APPTEC (02359.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $36.48M; Ratio 10.424% , WEIGAO GROUP (01066.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $12.70M; Ratio 11.296% , PHARMARON (03759.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $9.05M; Ratio 3.597% and CSPC PHARMA (01093.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $296.39M; Ratio 31.571% waned 2.7-3.6%.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2024-10-16 16:25.)