Kaiyuan Securities Predicts Steady Increase in Demand and Prices for Optical Fiber and Cable Due to AI Data Center Expansion
YOFC Stock Performance: YOFC's share price rebounded by 2.7% to HK$56.05 after a previous pullback, with significant trading volume and a notable increase of over 73% in the past month.
Industry Demand and Supply: The demand for optical fiber and cable is rising due to increased production needs, particularly driven by AI data centers, while supply may be constrained in the short term due to long expansion cycles.
Future Market Trends: Forecasts indicate that global demand for optical fiber and cable will continue to grow, potentially reaching hundreds of millions of core kilometers by 2025, with prices increasing since May.
Investment Recommendations: Kaiyuan Securities highlighted investment opportunities in the optical fiber and cable sector, recommending stocks like HENGTONG OPTIC-ELECTRIC and ZHONGTIAN TECH, while identifying beneficiaries such as YANGTZE OPTICAL FIBRE and FIBERHOME TELCOM.
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Southbound Trading Inflows: TENCENT (00700.HK) saw significant Southbound Trading net inflows totaling HKD4.3 billion, while other stocks like BABA-W (09988.HK) and POP MART (09992.HK) experienced notable short selling activity.
Market Activity Overview: TENCENT was the most active stock in both Shanghai-Hong Kong and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, with substantial net inflows, while stocks like XIAOMI-W and AKESO faced the highest net outflows.
Short Selling Statistics: The short selling ratios for TENCENT, BABA-W, and POP MART were 15.248%, 19.556%, and 27.852% respectively, indicating a high level of market speculation.
Overall Market Sentiment: The total Southbound Trading net outflow was HKD0, accounting for 35.67% of the total transaction amount of HKD88.42 billion, reflecting fragile market sentiment according to JPM.
Southbound Trading Inflows: TENCENT (00700.HK) and YOFC (06869.HK) saw significant net inflows of HKD1 billion and HKD354.7 million, respectively, with TENCENT being the most active stock in Southbound Trading.
Southbound Trading Outflows: CHINA MOBILE (00941.HK), ZIJIN MINING (02899.HK), and SMIC (00981.HK) experienced substantial net outflows totaling HKD1.1 billion, HKD842.8 million, and HKD552.9 million, respectively, with CHINA MOBILE having the highest outflow.
Southbound Trading Inflows: SMIC, HUA HONG SEMI, and YOFC experienced significant net inflows of HKD490.6 million, HKD105.6 million, and HKD26.9 million respectively, with SMIC showing a 3.12% increase.
Southbound Trading Outflows: CHINA MOBILE, TENCENT, and BABA-W faced substantial net outflows totaling HKD710.8 million, with BABA-W declining by 0.815% and having the highest short selling ratio at 21.838%.
Most Active Stocks: In the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, ABC was the most active stock with a net inflow of HKD174.9 million, while CHINA MOBILE had the highest net outflow of HKD513.1 million.
Overall Trading Summary: The total Southbound Trading net outflow was HKD0, accounting for 49.50% of the total transaction amount of HKD45.8 billion.

YOFC Stock Performance: YOFC's share price rebounded by 2.7% to HK$56.05 after a previous pullback, with significant trading volume and a notable increase of over 73% in the past month.
Industry Demand and Supply: The demand for optical fiber and cable is rising due to increased production needs, particularly driven by AI data centers, while supply may be constrained in the short term due to long expansion cycles.
Future Market Trends: Forecasts indicate that global demand for optical fiber and cable will continue to grow, potentially reaching hundreds of millions of core kilometers by 2025, with prices increasing since May.
Investment Recommendations: Kaiyuan Securities highlighted investment opportunities in the optical fiber and cable sector, recommending stocks like HENGTONG OPTIC-ELECTRIC and ZHONGTIAN TECH, while identifying beneficiaries such as YANGTZE OPTICAL FIBRE and FIBERHOME TELCOM.
Southbound Trading Inflows: TENCENT (00700.HK) saw significant net inflows of HKD1.1 billion, while BABA-W (09988.HK) and YOFC (06869.HK) also experienced positive inflows.
Southbound Trading Outflows: CHINA MOBILE (00941.HK) faced the highest net outflow of HKD1.1 billion, with additional outflows from HORIZONROBOT-W (09660.HK) and SMIC (00981.HK).
Short Selling Activity: TENCENT had a short selling volume of $1.70 billion with a ratio of 15.610%, while BABA-W's short selling reached $2.01 billion at a ratio of 19.614%.
Overall Trading Summary: The total Southbound Trading net outflow was HKD0, accounting for 34.09% of the total transaction amount of HKD75.41 billion.
Southbound Trading Inflows: XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) experienced significant Southbound Trading net inflows totaling HKD903.7 million, while TRACKER FUND (02800.HK) faced a net outflow of HKD1.4 billion.
Short Selling Activity: XIAOMI-W had a short selling volume of $1.23 billion with a ratio of 23.931%, while TRACKER FUND saw a much higher short selling volume of $4.40 billion, representing a ratio of 43.527%.
Market Performance: At market close, Southbound Trading net outflow was zero, accounting for 45.26% of the total transaction amount of HKD73.49 billion.
Analyst Concerns: BOCI has lowered the target price for XIAOMI-W to $56.21 due to concerns regarding its smartphone and IoT prospects.










