The Hong Kong stock market reversed its six-day rally with the HSI opening down 149 points this morning and breaking below the 21,000 mark in early trading. It is now at an immediate market bottom of 20,963, down 502 points or 2.3%, underperforming major regional markets on a turnover of $96.389 billion. Meanwhile, the HSTECH is now down 210 points or 4.2% at 4,770.MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) +1.600 (+1.186%) Short selling $872.26M; Ratio 11.443% opened 2.5% lower. It last printed at $136.2, down 7.2%, making it the worst-performing blue-chip stock on a turnover of $4.889 billion. Other heavyweight tech stocks were also under pressure. BABA-W (09988.HK) +3.300 (+3.131%) Short selling $2.67B; Ratio 21.728% , BYD ELECTRONIC (00285.HK) +0.300 (+0.945%) Short selling $66.59M; Ratio 16.329% , SUNNY OPTICAL (02382.HK) 0.000 (0.000%) Short selling $96.39M; Ratio 13.553% , LENOVO GROUP (00992.HK) +0.190 (+2.408%) Short selling $80.09M; Ratio 15.741% , JD-SW (09618.HK) +0.800 (+0.578%) Short selling $163.00M; Ratio 11.039% , and KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK) +1.350 (+2.772%) Short selling $193.36M; Ratio 13.907% waned 4.2-5.6%. TENCENT (00700.HK) +10.000 (+2.232%) Short selling $959.90M; Ratio 8.579% dipped 2.4%. XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) +0.700 (+1.697%) Short selling $564.34M; Ratio 7.135% continued to drop 4.18%. It was last at $41.3, on a turnover of $4.38 billion.Related NewsRetail Sales YoY for March in United States is 4.6%, higher than the previous value of 3.1%.Weighted financial stocks delivered a mixed performance. AIA (01299.HK) +1.500 (+2.844%) Short selling $362.36M; Ratio 18.851% edged down 0.8%. HKEX (00388.HK) +3.800 (+1.160%) Short selling $378.82M; Ratio 19.110% slipped 1%. HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) +1.250 (+1.571%) Short selling $298.10M; Ratio 16.642% rose 1%. Among Chinese blue-chip insurers, CHINA LIFE (02628.HK) +0.160 (+1.183%) Short selling $119.22M; Ratio 16.149% and PING AN (02318.HK) +0.500 (+1.155%) Short selling $268.41M; Ratio 22.089% fell about 1.3%.Car makers were squeezed. XPENG-W (09868.HK) +0.200 (+0.273%) Short selling $250.77M; Ratio 20.380% slid 7%. It last traded at $73.3, down 6.98%, on a turnover of $910 million. LEAPMOTOR (09863.HK) +0.600 (+1.353%) Short selling $78.84M; Ratio 19.455% eroded 7%. NIO-SW (09866.HK) +0.800 (+3.013%) Short selling $64.49M; Ratio 30.848% sagged 5.2%. GEELY AUTO (00175.HK) +0.040 (+0.259%) Short selling $154.15M; Ratio 22.042% , GWMOTOR (02333.HK) +0.180 (+1.523%) Short selling $68.57M; Ratio 15.598% , BYD COMPANY (01211.HK) +2.200 (+0.605%) Short selling $514.20M; Ratio 29.366% , and LI AUTO-W (02015.HK) +2.850 (+3.283%) Short selling $132.05M; Ratio 21.064% retreated 3.6-4.6%.Pharmaceutical stocks were dull. WUXI APPTEC (02359.HK) +0.850 (+1.663%) Short selling $24.69M; Ratio 13.059% faded 2.9%, and WUXI BIO (02269.HK) +0.300 (+1.485%) Short selling $119.02M; Ratio 19.887% dived 5.7%. HANSOH PHARMA (03692.HK) +0.250 (+1.144%) Short selling $23.31M; Ratio 19.053% , CSPC PHARMA (01093.HK) +0.130 (+2.394%) Short selling $182.78M; Ratio 34.042% , and SINO BIOPHARM (01177.HK) +0.060 (+1.662%) Short selling $87.39M; Ratio 44.522% sank about 3-4%.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2025-04-17 16:25.)Related NewsBuilding Permits Prel for Mar in United States is 1.482M, higher than the previous value of 1.459M. The forecast was 1.45M.