Important announcements in Hong Kong stocks today:

1) Performance Express

$PING AN (02318.HK)$In the first three quarters, the revenue was 861.817 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.7%, and the net income was 119.182 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 36.1%.

As of September 30, 2024, Ping An's individual customers numbered 0.24 billion, with the proportion of customers holding four or more contracts within the group at 25.1% and a retention rate of 98.0%.

$CHINA MOBILE (00941.HK)$In the first three quarters, the operating income was 791.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.0%; the net income was 110.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%, with a profit margin of 14.0%.

In addition, as of September, the total number of mobile business customers is 1.004 billion, with a net increase of 2.432 million customers this month, and a cumulative net increase of 12.977 million customers this year.

$ZTE (00763.HK)$：前三季度实现营收约90.045 billion元，同比增长0.73%；净利润约7.906 billion元，同比增长0.83%。三季度营收约27.557 billion元，同比减少3.94%；净利润约2.174 billion元，同比减少8.23%。

$CH OVS G OCEANS (00081.HK)$：前9月收入约为26.955 billion元，同比下跌31.0%；经营净利润约为1.45 billion元，同比跌66.2%。其中，第三季度营收及经营利润分别约为5.103 billion元及0.131 billion元。

$LUFAX (06623.HK)$：三季度总收入为5.543 billion元，净亏损为0.725 billion元。

$CARLINK TECH (02531.HK)$：前三季度收入0.494 billion元，同比增加26%；毛利0.297 billion元，同比增加74%；三季度收入0.185 billion元，同比增加29.7%，毛利0.124 billion元，同比增加87.3%。

2) Company news.

$TIMES ELECTRIC (03898.HK)$Yixing sub-project has entered the trial production stage for part of the production line. Note: This project involves medium and low-voltage power devices, with an investment amount of approximately 5.826 billion yuan.

$CITIC (00267.HK)$Sign agreements with Xinchen Capital to transfer the remaining equity and related shareholder loans of the Mainland China and Hong Kong businesses, for a total price of 0.4303 billion US dollars. Note: Xinchen Capital is the private equity investment business platform under Citic Capital.mcdonald's (MCD.US) Transfer the remaining equity and related shareholder loans of the Mainland China and Hong Kong businesses to Xinchen Capital for a total price of 0.4303 billion US dollars. Note: Xinchen Capital is the private equity investment business platform under Citic Capital.

$CH ENERGY ENG (03996.HK)$In the first three quarters, the cumulative value of newly signed contracts reached 988.859 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.03%, with the third quarter reaching 250.258 billion yuan.

$CHINA TELECOM (00728.HK)$In September, the number of mobile users was approximately 0.423 billion households, an increase of 1.93 million households for the month, with a cumulative net increase of 14.9 million households for the year.

$COFCO JOYCOME (01610.HK)$Intends to acquire 100% equity of COFCO Joycome for 1.569 billion yuan.

$GEELY AUTO (00175.HK)$Intends to invest approximately 0.124 billion yuan to purchase all equity of Ningbo passenger vehicle.

$AIR CHINA (00753.HK)$The application for issuing A shares of stocks to specific objects has been approved by the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

$BAIOO (02100.HK)$In the third quarter, the number of active accounts was 7.4 million, an increase of 32.1% compared to the previous period. The number of paid accounts in the quarter was 0.9 million, an increase of 12.5% compared to the previous period; the average revenue per paid account was RMB 162.6, an increase of 2.2% compared to the previous period.

$YUEXIUTRANSPORT (01052.HK)$In August, the toll revenue of Guangzhou North Second Ring Elevated Expressway was 96.28 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.2%; the toll revenue in the first 7 months was about 0.704 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 7.4%.

$BINHAI INV (02886.HK)$In the third quarter, the sales volume of pipeline gas reached about 1.808 billion cubic meters, an increase of about 24% year-on-year.

$SAMSON HOLDING (00531.HK)$Privatization proposal has been approved by the court meeting and special general meeting of shareholders.

$TIMES CHINA (01233.HK)$The High Court further postponed the plea hearing to November 25, 2024.

$CHUNLI MEDICAL (01858.HK)$A total of 0.572 billion yuan subscribed to structured deposit products.

3) Buyback Dynamics

$HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK)$Spent 0.102 billion Hong Kong dollars to repurchase 1.484 million shares at a repurchase price of 68.40-69.10 Hong Kong dollars.

$AIA (01299.HK)$Invested 62.3921 million Hong Kong dollars to repurchase 1.002 million stocks at a repurchase price of 61.85-62.90 Hong Kong dollars.

$SWIRE PACIFIC A (00019.HK)$Invested 24.867 million Hong Kong dollars to repurchase 0.3845 million stocks at a repurchase price of 64.25-65.40 Hong Kong dollars.

$KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK)$Invested 11.9975 million Hong Kong dollars to repurchase 0.2578 million stocks at a repurchase price of 46.00-46.80 Hong Kong dollars.

4) New stock news

$LOPAL TECH (02465.HK)$ Scheduled for October 22, 2024, to October 25, 2024, swire pacific a is planning to issue 0.1 billion shares globally, with approximately 10% for sale in Hong Kong and around 90% for international sale. The offer price will not exceed HK$7.0 per share, currently expected to be no lower than HK$4.50 per share. Trading is expected to begin on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 9:00 AM on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, with each board lot consisting of 500 shares.

Editor/Rocky