MARKET TALK: HK Short Sales Down 9.7% Tuesday; CCB Tops List

22nd Jun 2010 00:45

2345 GMT [Dow Jones] HK short-selling volume down 9.7% at HK$4.569 billion Tuesday, 7.5% of market total, vs 5.6% Monday, suggests HSI may witness more consolidation near term after modest decline yesterday. China Construction Bank (0939.HK) leads with HK$318.48 million, then HSBC (0005.HK) with HK$273.92 million, China Mobile (0941.HK) with HK$262.77 million, Tencent (0700.HK) with HK$239.02 million and ICBC (1398.HK) with HK$205.31 million. ([email protected]) Contact us in Singapore. 65 64154 140; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 22, 2010 19:45 ET (23:45 GMT)