Futu News reported on October 31 that the three major Hong Kong stock indices closed slightly lower, with Hang Seng Index and HSI down 0.31%, and HK Tech Index down 0.32%.
As of the close, 913 Hong Kong stocks rose, 1015 fell, and 1145 remained unchanged.
The specific industry performance is shown in the following figure:
Sector-wise, network technology stocks declined, Xiaomi Corporation-W rose by 2.69%, Tencent dropped by 1.56%, Netease-S fell by 1.43%, Alibaba-W dropped by 1.36%, Meituan-W dropped by 1.19%, Kuaishou-W fell by 0.65%, SenseTime-W rose by 0.65%, JD.com-SW fell by 0.26%.
Real estate sector rose, China Jinmao surged by 10%, Sunac by over 7%, C&D Intl Group by over 3%, Zhongliang Hldg by nearly 4%, Logan Group by nearly 3%, China Vanke by over 2%, CIFI Hold GP by nearly 3%.
Securities and brokerage stocks rose across the board, Holly Futures surged by 5.71%, Citic Sec by nearly 6%, China Galaxy by 3.73%, China Merchants by 3.43%, HTSC by 3.12%, GTJA by 2.15%, CICC dropped by 1.81%, CSC rose by 0.98%, Haitong Sec dropped by 0.46%.
Most lithium battery stocks fell, BYD Company dropped by 4.61%, Ganfeng Lithium rose by 4.39%, BYD Electronic fell by 3.04%, Honbridge Int'l rose by 2.25%, Tianneng Power fell by 2.17%, Tianqi Lithium rose by 1.96%, Contemporary Amperex Tech dropped by 0.16%, Chaowei Power remained unchanged.
Most auto stocks declined, Geely Auto fell by 5.27%, BYD Company dropped by 4.61%, Guangzhou Automobile Group dropped by 4.21%, Great Wall Motor dropped by 3.89%, Xpeng-W rose by 2.27%, Nio Inc-SW fell by 2.23%, Li Auto-W dropped by 1.10%, Yadea fell by 0.15%.
Hong Kong retail stocks rose, with Prada up 7.49%, Bossini Int'l up 2.11%, Sa Sa Int'l up 1.49%, Luk Fook Hold down 0.80%, Chow Sang Sang up 0.79%, Samsonite up 0.33%, Chow Tai Fook down 0.14%, Giordano Int'l unchanged.
Alcoholic beverages stocks generally fell, with China Res Beer down 1.87%, Bud APAC down 1.82%, Dynasty Wines up 1.54%, Major Hldgs up 1.40%, Tsingtao Brew down 0.99%, Palinda Group up 0.93%, ZJLD down 0.81%, Tibet Water unchanged.
In terms of individual stocks,$BYD ELECTRONIC (00285.HK)$Dropped more than 3%, the net profit in the third quarter increased by more than 70% on a quarter-on-quarter basis, but only by 1.1% year-on-year.
$XPENG-W (09868.HK)$Rose more than 2%, P7+ is scheduled to be launched on November 7th, and the modular flying car is about to have its first global public flight.
$CHINA VANKE (02202.HK)$ Up more than 2%, Vanke announced that the company achieved a revenue of 77.12 billion yuan in the third quarter of this year.
$CITIC SEC (06030.HK)$ Rising nearly 6%, Bocom International maintains a "buy" rating on Citic Securities, with a target price raised to HK$25.
$SMIC (00981.HK)$ Rising nearly 2%, multiple semiconductor equipment companies have shown steady growth trends in the third quarter report.
$MENGNIU DAIRY (02319.HK)$Up more than 3%, the short-term industrial cycle turning point is approaching, the company is expected to benefit from the industry's supply and demand improvement.
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Hong Kong Stock Connect Fund
Regarding the Hong Kong Stock Connect, today the net inflow of Hong Kong Stock Connect (Southbound) was 2.683 billion Hong Kong dollars.
Institutional perspective:
Citi: Raised BYD's target price to 500 Hong Kong dollars, strong performance in the third quarter.
Citigroup released a research report stating, $BYD COMPANY (01211.HK)$ Strong performance in the third quarter, electric vehicle sales exceeded expectations, free cash flow to net income conversion rate in the third quarter was 171%, operating free cash flow increased by 996% and 165% on a quarterly and annual basis, exceeding expectations. BYD continues to be recognized as an industry leader. The "buy" rating is maintained, believing that sales and profit visibility in the first quarter of next year will be higher than peers, raising the target price from 488 Hong Kong dollars to 500 Hong Kong dollars.
Morgan Stanley: Ganfeng Lithium's third-quarter performance met expectations, weak lithium carbonate prices may drag down stock prices.
Morgan Stanley's report pointed out, $GANFENGLITHIUM (01772.HK)$ In the first three quarters, there was a loss of 0.64 billion yuan. The bank believes that the company's third-quarter performance meets expectations. Affected by the decline in lithium prices, Ganfeng Lithium's gross margin in the third quarter fell by 6.7 percentage points to 8.7% on a quarterly basis, with gross profit down by 46% to 0.379 billion yuan. During the quarter, the company recorded an asset impairment loss of 0.19 billion yuan. The bank believes that despite recent inventory digestion, lithium carbonate prices remain weak, with the average lithium price falling by 5.6% from the third quarter to date, a 21% drop on a quarterly basis. This may drag down Ganfeng Lithium's stock performance during the quarter. The bank set a target price of 19 Hong Kong dollars for Ganfeng Lithium's H shares and rated it as "shareholding".
Goldman Sachs: AIA's new business value growth in the third quarter remains robust, maintaining a "buy" rating.
Goldman Sachs released a report, stating, $AIA (01299.HK)$ In the third quarter, new business value growth remained robust in all major markets, maintaining a "buy" rating with a target price of 93 Hong Kong dollars. Goldman Sachs stated that AIA's third-quarter new business value exceeded the bank's and the market's expectations, with all major markets maintaining strong growth momentum. Hong Kong was the fastest-growing market, benefiting from local market and mainland visitor support. As for the mainland business, despite facing a high base effect and withdrawing some high guarantee products, the mainland business still achieved a 9% year-on-year growth.
编辑/Wade