Futu News reported on April 19 that the three major indices of Hong Kong stocks fell collectively. As of midday trading, the Hang Seng Index fell 1.23%, the Science Index fell 2.60%, and the China Index rose 1.19%.

By the midday close, Hong Kong stocks had risen 374, down 1,318, and closed at 1301.

On the sector side, TechNet stocks generally fell, with Xiaomi falling more than 4%, Meituan by nearly 4%, Kuaishou by nearly 3%, Ali by nearly 2%, Bilibili, Baidu, and Jingdong by more than 1%, and Tencent falling slightly.

Auto stocks fell, with Ideal Auto and Zero Sport falling more than 7%, Xiaopeng Motors falling more than 6%, Geely and Great Wall falling by more than 3%, and BYD shares falling more than 2%.

Petroleum stocks rose sharply; CNOOC, CNPC, and CNOOC Services rose more than 2%, and Sinopec rose more than 1%.

Shipping stocks rose, with Pacific Shipping up more than 9%, COSCO Marine Energy up more than 5%, Orient Overseas International up nearly 5%, and COSCO Marine Holdings up nearly 4%.

Many biotechnology stocks declined. Kingsley Biotech fell more than 7%, Genting Xinyao fell more than 6%, and Pharmaceutical Kangde, Pharmaceutical, and Kangfang Biotech fell more than 4%.

On the other side, gold stocks and coal stocks bucked the trend, while catering stocks, semiconductor stocks, domestic housing stocks, wind power stocks, and mobile game stocks generally showed poor performance.

In terms of individual stocks,$LI AUTO-W (02015.HK)$It fell more than 7%, L6 sank to the 200,000-300,000 price range, and competition in the institutional materials market continued to heat up.

$SANDS CHINA LTD (01928.HK)$With a drop of more than 4%, revenue and profit margins for the first quarter fell short of expectations, and HSBC lowered its market share forecast.

$PACIFIC BASIN (02343.HK)$It rose more than 9%, and it is proposed to implement a 40 million US dollar share repurchase plan. The agency said the company's dividends are attractive.

$HUADIAN POWER (01071.HK)$With a decrease of nearly 5%, the company completed a cumulative total of 56.16 million megawatt-hours of power generation in the first quarter, a year-on-year decrease of about 0.19%.

$MEITU (01357.HK)$It fell more than 5%, and Bitcoin once fell below 60,000 US dollars. Major banks say the impact of the halving has been reflected before.

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