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News on April 18thScratchappelU. S. stocks rose first and then recovered on Wednesday, with interest rates falling from highs, rebounding in the early part of the market, and then narrowing gains, with all three major indexes closing lower. The dollar fell back, and the 10-year US bond interest rate fell to 4%.ScratchappelAt the .58 per cent level, the performance of gold and oil prices were also under pressure. Today, the three major indexes of Hong Kong stocks were mixed at the start of the session, while the Hang Seng Index rose slightly.Scratchappel.01%, at 16253.24 points, the Hang Seng Index fell 0.19%, and the State-owned Enterprises Index fell 0.17%. On the market, most of the science and Internet stocks opened low, JD.com, Alibaba and Xiaomi fell no more than 1%, Baidu and Tencent were red; automobile stocks rose and fell by nearly 3%, while BYD shares fell by more than 1%; gold stocks fell sharply. Lingbao gold fell more than 8%; inner room stocks generally rose, and Xuhui Holdings Group rose more than 3%.
Expert opinionScratchappel:
Yaocai Securities Research Director Zhi Yaohui said that the three major indexes of US stocks fell across the board, of which the Nasdaq fell the most, affected by the relatively weak trend of chip stocks. ASML's first-quarter results fell short of expectations, and investors were disappointed by its revenue outlook for the second quarter, with shares falling more than 7% and dragging Nvidia down more than 3.9%. The Dow and the S & P 500 fell relatively little, down 0.12% and 0.6%, respectively.
A shares performed satisfactorily yesterday, with both the Shanghai Shenzhen Index and the Shenzhen Composite Index closing at their highest levels throughout the day, up more than 2%. Among them, the Shanghai Composite Index continued to expand after opening slightly lower, and finally closed at 3071 points, up 64 points or 2.14%. The Shenzhen Composite Index maintained an upward trend throughout the day, up 2.48% to close at 9381 points. The total transaction between the two cities is more than 910 billion yuan.
As for Hong Kong stocks, the Hang Seng Index maintained a narrow range of ups and downs, with a daily range of only 160 points. The Hang Seng Index rose to around 16300 in the early stage, but soon turned around again and struggled around 16200. The trend did not change much in the afternoon. Finally, the Hang Seng Index closed at 16251 points, up 2 points, and the CSI also rose 2 points or 0.07%. It closed at 3340 points, with a daily turnover of less than 100 billion yuan.
Among the constituent stocks, Yao Ming Kant (02359) performed best, up nearly 4.9%, and ideal car (02015) also rose nearly 4%. It is worth mentioning that AIA (01299) ended seven consecutive declines, but the share price only rebounded by 1.7%, but continued to sell off, silver entertainment (00027) shares fell more than 7%, new world (00017) also fell 6.8%, and hit a new low of more than eight years. In fact, as many as 13 shares hit a new low of at least a year yesterday, reflecting that the overall investment climate has not improved much.
The trend of Hong Kong stocks has not improved significantly, so the trend still depends on the A-share market. If A shares have a good performance, it will be conducive to the rebound of Hong Kong stocks, but in the investment atmosphere has not improved, coupled with investors are still waiting for the situation in the Middle East and other factors, the Hang Seng Index is expected to argue around 16300 points for the time being. As mentioned earlier, 16000-16100 points should not be lost. Once lost, it can trigger a new round of decline.
The author holds shares of ASML and Nvidia