HSI Closes Down 331 Points Amid Weakness in Chip and Chinese Developer Stocks; Chinese Biotechs Show Steady Gains
Market Performance: The HSI fell 331 points (1.3%) to close at 25,434, marking a decline for two consecutive days, while the HSCEI and HSTECH also experienced losses of 1.6% and 1.9%, respectively.
Biotech Sector Resilience: Despite the overall market downturn, biotech and pharma stocks thrived, with WUXI BIO rising 1.9% and ASCLETIS-B soaring 18% after positive drug trial results.
Chip Stocks Reaction: Following US President Trump's announcement allowing Nvidia to sell H200 chips to China, chip stocks like SMIC and HUA HONG SEMI saw significant declines of 4.1% and 5.4%, respectively.
Real Estate Sector Struggles: AGILE GROUP's stock plummeted 18.4% due to a winding-up petition, impacting other Chinese developers like LONGFOR GROUP and CHINA RES LAND, which also faced notable declines.
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Stock Performance: SENSETIME-W (00020.HK) experienced a decline of 2.979%, with short selling amounting to $84.41 million and a ratio of 29.763%.
Collaboration Announcement: Office Raccoon has partnered with Approaching.AI to introduce dual-path implementation solutions for the open-source AI agent OpenClaw, targeting individual developers and small teams.
Product Offering: For individual developers, SENSETIME-W has created Raccoon Skills, which integrate Office Raccoon's capabilities into the OpenClaw ecosystem, providing access to office functions like Excel processing and data analysis.
Market Insights: UBS reports that Chinese tech leaders are focusing their AI strategies on the domestic market, while emerging AI firms are looking to expand their business overseas.
Market Opening Performance: The HSI opened 334 points higher at 25,583, with the HSCEI and HSTECH also showing gains of 1.1% and 1.6%, respectively.
Commodity Stocks Movement: Commodity stocks like SD GOLD and ZHAOJIN MINING saw slight declines, while ZIJIN MINING and CHINAHONGQIAO experienced notable increases of 2.4% and 4.1%.
Tech Sector Trends: Major tech stocks such as TENCENT and KUAISHOU-W showed modest gains, while BABA-W and NTES-S experienced slight declines.
Carmakers' Performance: Carmakers like NIO-SW and GEELY AUTO opened significantly higher, with NIO-SW rising by 5.8%, while BYD COMPANY and XIAOMI-W also saw positive movement.
Stock Performance: SENSETIME-W (00020.HK) saw a slight increase of 1.345% with a short selling amount of $216.11M and a ratio of 34.324%.
New Product Feature: The company announced the launch of an "editable" AI PPT function in its Office Raccoon data analysis product, enabling one-click PPT generation and page editing.
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Efficiency Improvement: The new features significantly reduce the time required to produce ready-to-use presentation content.

Short Selling Turnover: The short selling turnover in the Hong Kong market reached $59.2 billion, accounting for 29.3% of the eligible securities turnover, an increase from 20% on the previous trading day.
Top Short Selling Shares: The top five shares with the highest short selling amounts include TRACKER FUND (67.2% ratio, $12.64B), CSOP HS TECH (50.4% ratio, $4.17B), HSCEI ETF (64.4% ratio, $2.99B), YOFC (49.2% ratio, $2.10B), and SENSETIME-W (23% ratio, $1.85B).
Market Performance: The shares listed experienced varying degrees of price changes, with TRACKER FUND showing a 1.204% increase and SENSETIME-W a notable 4.918% increase.
Data Delay Notice: It is noted that the HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 minutes, and the short selling data is as of February 27, 2026, at 16:25.
Market Performance: The Hang Seng Index (HSI) rose by 249 points (0.9%) to close at 26,630, with a total market turnover of HKD288.42 billion. The HSCEI and HSTECH also saw gains, closing at 8,859 and 5,137 respectively.
Property Sector Highlights: SHK PPT reported a nearly 17% increase in interim underlying profit, leading to a 7.1% rise in its stock price. Other property developers like New World Dev and CK Asset also experienced stock price increases.
MSCI Index Changes: Changes to the MSCI China Index constituents were noted, with stocks like HESAI-W and SENSETIME-W seeing significant gains of 4.4% and 4.9%, while PONY-W and YOFC surged over 10%.
Tech Sector Updates: In the tech sector, BIDU-SW reported a 42% YoY decline in non-GAAP net profit but slightly exceeded market expectations, leading to a minor stock rebound. Other tech stocks like Tencent and Netease also saw modest increases, while Alibaba and Kuaishou experienced slight declines.

MSCI China Index Changes: The MSCI China Index will add 37 stocks, including HESAI-W, PONY-W, SENSETIME-W, and YOFC, while removing 16 stocks such as Autohome and CHINA VANKE.
Stock Performance: HESAI-W increased by 3.4% to HKD217.6, PONY-W surged to HKD115.8 (up 7.5%), SENSETIME-W peaked at HKD2.64 (up 8.2%), and YOFC rose to HKD145.9 (up 7.9%).
Short Selling Data: Notable short selling figures include SENSETIME-W at $191.27M (11.527% ratio) and YOFC at $156.76M (6.958% ratio), indicating significant market activity.
Market Reactions: The changes in the MSCI China Index and the performance of the added stocks reflect investor sentiment and market dynamics in the Hong Kong stock market.








