MARKET TALK: HK Short Sales Down 6.2% Thursday; AgBank Tops

29th Jul 2010 00:31

2331 GMT [Dow Jones] HK short-selling volume down 6.2% at HK$2.804 billion yesterday, as percentage of total market volume at 5.0% little changed vs Wednesday's 4.8%, suggesting bears remained reluctant to short amid HSI's 8-day winning streak. Agricultural Bank of China (1288.HK) led with HK$281.28 million, followed by A50 China Tracker (2823.HK) with HK$201.04 million, China Mobile (0941.HK) with HK$191.14 million. Tencent (0700.HK), HSBC (0005.HK) rounded out top 5, with HK$149.77 million, HK$112.74 million respectively. ([email protected]) Contact us in Singapore. 65 64154 140; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 29, 2010 19:31 ET (23:31 GMT)