Hong Kong stocks soared in early morning trade on Thursday, with the benchmark Hang Seng rising over 2%, as investors and traders cheered U.S. consumer confidence data surging to an eight-month high in December following a drop in inflation and the labor market remaining strong. Twelve-month inflation expectations, too, fell to their lowest level since Sept. 2021, at 6.7%.
| Stock | Movement |
|---|---|
| $BABA-SW (09988.HK)$ | 3.85% |
| $JD.com, Inc.-SW (09618.HK)$ | 4.93% |
| $BIDU-SW (09888.HK)$ | 4.97% |
| $TENCENT (00700.HK)$ | 2.77% |
| $Meituan-W (03690.HK)$ | 4.59% |
| $NIO-SW (09866.HK)$ | 6.37% |
| $XPENG-W (09868.HK)$ | 11.33% |
| $Li Auto-W (02015.HK)$ | 4.1% |
Shares of Xpeng rose over 11%, while Nio gained over 6% in opening trade. Alibaba shares rose over 3.5% while JD.com stock gained over 4.5%.
Company News: $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ China chief Tom Zhu and a team have been called in to troubleshoot production issues in the United States, reported Reuters.
The wait time for the ET5, Nio's lowest-priced model, has been further shortened in China, reported CnEVPost.
Top Gainers and Losers: Country Garden Services Holdings Company Limited and JD.com, Inc. were the top gainers among Hang Seng constituents, having risen over 4% each. WuXi Biologics (Cayman) Inc. and CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited are the top losers, having shed 0.88% and 0.73%, respectively.
Global News: U.S. futures traded in the green on Thursday morning Asia session. The Dow Jones futures gained 0.17% while the Nasdaq futures rose 0.25%. The S&P 500 futures were trading higher by 0.23%.
Elsewhere in Asia-Pacific, Australia's ASX 200 was trading higher by 0.63%. Japan's Nikkei 225 traded 0.27% higher while China's Shanghai Composite index gained 0.56%. South Korea's Kospi gained 0.77%.