The HSI opened down 632 points or 3.1% at 19,494 this morning. It once plunged 867 points to a bottom of 19,260 in early trading, but then managed to narrow its losses to 108 points, briefly climbing back above the 20,000 mark to a peak of 20,019. It last printed at 19,890, down 237 points or about 1.2%.The HSCEI was last at 7,395, down 34 points or 0.5%. The HSTECH rebounded in the morning session after experiencing an initial fall of nearly 6%. It last printed at 4,621, up about 1.1%.SMIC (00981.HK) +0.600 (+1.322%) Short selling $389.19M; Ratio 8.184% last surged 10.1% to $43.1, making it the best-performing blue-chip stock with a turnover of $5.539 billion. XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) +0.700 (+1.697%) Short selling $564.34M; Ratio 7.135% last printed at $41.5, continuing to rise by 6.68%, on a turnover of $9.723 billion. CHINA UNICOM (00762.HK) -0.010 (-0.115%) Short selling $57.37M; Ratio 15.823% last traded at $8.54, up 3.02%, on a turnover of $229 million. ANTA SPORTS (02020.HK) +2.500 (+2.860%) Short selling $481.31M; Ratio 35.909% was stable with a mild increase of 0.1%.On the downside, WUXI APPTEC (02359.HK) +0.850 (+1.663%) Short selling $24.69M; Ratio 13.059% and PETROCHINA (00857.HK) +0.080 (+1.431%) Short selling $108.70M; Ratio 12.279% were the worst performers among blue chips with a slump of over 5%.WUXI BIO (02269.HK) +0.300 (+1.485%) Short selling $119.02M; Ratio 19.887% , GALAXY ENT (00027.HK) +0.700 (+2.627%) Short selling $87.77M; Ratio 38.256% , CHOW TAI FOOK (01929.HK) +0.220 (+2.402%) Short selling $41.26M; Ratio 26.669% , AIA (01299.HK) +1.500 (+2.844%) Short selling $362.36M; Ratio 18.851% , WH GROUP (00288.HK) -0.210 (-3.013%) Short selling $33.24M; Ratio 11.346% , ZHONGSHENG HLDG (00881.HK) +0.040 (+0.353%) Short selling $11.27M; Ratio 24.950% , BUD APAC (01876.HK) +0.070 (+0.836%) Short selling $52.49M; Ratio 40.432% , and LENOVO GROUP (00992.HK) +0.190 (+2.408%) Short selling $80.09M; Ratio 15.741% faltered about 4-4.9%.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2025-04-17 16:25.)