MARKET TALK: HK Short Sales +40.4% Midday; China Mobile Tops

17th Jun 2010 06:48

0548 GMT [Dow Jones] HK short-selling volume +40.4% at HK$1.34 billion midday, but mainly corresponds to higher overall market volume, shorts as percentage of market total remains light at 4.8% vs 4.3% at Tuesday's half-day. No stocks manage more than HK$100 million: China Mobile (0941.HK) has HK$71.25 million, followed by Tencent (0700.HK) with HK$61.06 million, Henderson Land (0012.HK) with HK$46.81 million. HSBC (0005.HK), StanChart (2888.HK) round out top 5, with HK$45.90 million, HK$45.75 million respectively. ([email protected]) Contact us in Singapore. 65 64154 140; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 17, 2010 01:48 ET (05:48 GMT)