Hong Kong stocks opened in the red on Tuesday, with the benchmark Hang Seng opening 0.18% lower as investors and traders remained cautious ahead of the U.S. mid-term election on Tuesday, as well as consumer price inflation data due later this week.
| Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA) | -1.79% |
| JD.com Inc (NASDAQ: JD) | 1.19% |
| Baidu Inc (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:BIDU) | -2.74% |
| Tencent Holdings (HK:0700) Ltd. (OTC: TCEHY) | 0.98% |
| Meituan (OTC: MPNGF) | -1.7% |
| Nio Inc (NYSE: NIO) | -8.92% |
| XPeng Inc (NYSE: XPEV) | -4.73% |
| Li Auto Inc (NASDAQ: LI) | -5.42% |
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Macro News: China’s imports and exports shrank in October, with outbound shipments declining 0.3% compared to a year earlier and inbound shipments falling 0.7%, reported Reuters.
China ramped up its oil imports in October, having bought 43.14 million tons of the commodity, after the government released more fuel-export quota in a bid to help revive the nation’s virus-battered economy, reported Bloomberg.
Company News: Chinese chip manufacturer Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd has got a regulatory nod for an 18 billion yuan ($2.5 billion) IPO in Shanghai, reported Reuters.
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:TSLA) started offering additional discounts in China for consumers who buy its inventory vehicles, reported CnEVPost.
Top Gainers and Losers: Country Garden Services Holdings Company Limited and China Resources Land Limited were the top losers among Hang Seng constituents, having shed over 2.5% in morning trade. Hang Lung Properties Limited and New World Development Company Limited were among the top gainers, having risen over 1% each.
Global News: U.S. futures traded mixed on Tuesday morning Asia session. The Dow Jones futures were up 0.03% while the Nasdaq futures gained 0.02%. The S&P 500 futures were trading lower by 0.07%.
Elsewhere in Asia-Pacific, Australia’s ASX 200 was up 0.32%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 traded 1.33% higher, while China’s Shanghai Composite index traded 0.62% lower. South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.8%.
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