MARKET TALK: HK Short Sales +27.6% Friday; HSBC Leads

27th Jun 2010 00:27

2327 GMT [Dow Jones] HK short-selling volume +27.6% at HK$3.454 billion Friday, as percentage of market total at 6.7% vs Thursday's 5.7%, suggesting some bears stepping up bets amid HSI's 4-day consolidation (range less than 400 points). HSBC (0005.HK) topped list with HK$265.35 million, followed by China Construction Bank (0939.HK) with HK$231.58 mi1llion, Ping An (2318.HK) with HK$165.36 million. China Mobile (0941.HK), Tencent (0700.HK) rounded out top 5, with HK$152.72 million, HK$111.44 million respectively. ([email protected]) Contact us in Singapore. 65 64154 140; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 27, 2010 19:27 ET (23:27 GMT)