MARKET TALK: HK Short Sales Down 10.7% Monday; AgBank Leads

19th Jul 2010 00:44

2344 GMT [Dow Jones] HK short-selling volume down 10.7% at HK$3.336 billion Monday, but percentage of market's total volume higher at 7.6%, vs 6.1% Friday, as bears remain active with HSI's 0.8% fall, suggests near-term sentiment remains uncertain. Agricultural Bank of China (1288.HK) leads with HK$285.78 million, then HSBC (0005.HK) with HK$216.88 million, China Construction Bank (0939.HK) with HK$152.88 million, China Mobile (0941.HK) with HK$150.14 million and HKEx (0388.HK) with HK$139.96 million. ([email protected]) Contact us in Singapore. 65 64154 140; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 19, 2010 19:44 ET (23:44 GMT)