Quick glance at the market | Hong Kong stocks opened high and fell, resource stocks such as oil, coal, and non-ferrous metals weakened, and Sunny Optical Technology fell nearly 7%.
As of the time of writing, the Hang Seng Index fell by 0.39%, the Guo Index fell by 0.47%, and the Ke Index fell by 0.01%. Network technology stocks showed mixed gains and losses, with Meituan up nearly 3%, Xiaomi Group up over 1%, and Tencent up nearly 1%; Sensetime fell over 6%, Bilibili fell by nearly 3%, while Baidu and Kuaishou saw slight drops.
Hong Kong market review: All three major indexes of the Hong Kong stock market fell more than 2% for the day; technology stocks, banks, and three oil giants all fell, while semiconductor stocks rose against the trend.
The three major Hong Kong stock indexes showed a downward trend throughout the day, with the Hang Seng Tech Index falling sharply in the final trading period and ultimately closing down 2.12%. The Hang Seng Index and the H-shares Index fell by 2.03% and 2.25%, respectively, with the H-shares Index hitting a new low since the adjustment.
Investment banks are discussing! The initial application for unemployment benefits in the USA reaches a record high, and the FED may become more certain to cut interest rates.
①In the week ending July 13th, the number of initial jobless claims in the USA reached the highest level since August 2023. ②Texas had the largest increase in first-time unemployment claims last week due to the impact of Hurricane "Peridot". ③Analysts believe that the data clearly points to a cooling labor market, providing further reasons for the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates soon.
Major Hang Seng Index constituent stocks will face changes! Institutions: Alibaba may become the focus.
Which stocks are expected to be included this time? Citic Securities pointed out that we need to pay attention to the timing of the adjustment of the Hong Kong Stock Connect.
Powell's strong rhetoric has reversed, and interest rate cuts trade resumes! Looking back at the best-performing asset classes during the past three rounds of interest rate cuts.
Looking at the most recent interest rate cut cycle, Bitcoin performed the best, with an increase of nearly three times throughout the interest rate cut cycle; the US stock market also performed well, with the NASDAQ rising by as much as 64%; among commodities, copper and crude oil performed the best.
Intraday Overview | The ChiNext Index fell by more than 2%. Kewnet, autos, and mainland real estate stocks fell, while Genscript Bio rose against the trend by more than 22%.
Golden industrial concept stocks are strong, Lingbao Gold and Zhaojin Mining rose more than 3%; Dining stocks perform weakly, Jiumaojiu and Helen's fall more than 3%.