MARKET TALK: HK Short Sales +14.6% Thursday; China Mobile Tops

17th Jun 2010 00:31

2331 GMT [Dow Jones] HK short-selling volume +14.6% at HK$2.808 billion yesterday, as percentage of market total remained light at 5.8% vs Tuesday's 5.9%, suggesting bears reluctant to add positions amid HSI's 7-day winning streak. China Mobile (0941.HK) in first place with HK$129.08 million, followed by Tencent (0700.HK) with HK$113.73 million. Rest of top 5 were below HK$100 million: China Life (2628.HK) had HK$89.52 million, HSBC (0005.HK) HK$83.22 million, Li & Fung (0494.HK) HK$79.29 million. ([email protected]) Contact us in Singapore. 65 64154 140; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 17, 2010 19:31 ET (23:31 GMT)