MARKET TALK: HK Short Sales +9.3% Midday; HSBC Heaviest

23rd Jun 2010 07:29

0629 GMT [Dow Jones] HK short-selling volume +9.3% at HK$2.122 billion at interval, 6.6% of market total, vs 5.6% Tuesday's half-day, suggests index may consolidate further after 0.4% fall at midday. HSBC (0005.HK) leads with HK$210.53 million, then Tencent (0700.HK) with HK$190.32 million, China Construction Bank (0939.HK) with HK$102.52 million, Ping An (2318.HK) with HK$86.34 million and HKEx (0388.HK) with HK$81.59 million. ([email protected]) Contact us in Singapore. 65 64154 140; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 23, 2010 02:29 ET (06:29 GMT)