MARKET TALK: HK Short Sales +3.1% Tuesday; ICBC Leads

27th Jul 2010 00:35

2335 GMT [Dow Jones] HK short-selling volume +3.1% at HK$2.90 billion yesterday, as percentage of total market volume at 5.4% tad higher than Monday's 5.1% but remained benign, suggesting bears for now not looking to aggressively add to positions, deterred by HSI's 6-day winning streak. ICBC (1398.HK) topped list with HK$187.94 million, followed by Tencent (0700.HK) with HK$172.11 million, HSBC (0005.HK) with HK$161.76 million. China Construction Bank (0939.HK), A50 China Tracker (2823.HK) rounded out top 5, with HK$154.65 million, HK$108.24 million respectively. ([email protected]) Contact us in Singapore. 65 64154 140; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 27, 2010 19:35 ET (23:35 GMT)