Francis Lun
Francis Lun
dragged performance weak
The HSI was dragged down by the weak performance of some heavyweights, such as HSBC.
bargain gains helped hunting markets overseas
There's some bargain hunting helped by gains in overseas markets but the market is quiet.
biggest buying catching china growth keen kong people shares
People are still very keen on buying China shares as it's the biggest growth story -- and Hong Kong is catching the coattails of China's growth.
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Select H shares, like China Mobile and commodities, continue to generate buying interest.
amount boat keeps market miss people signals
The amount of turnover in the market is astounding. This signals that a lot of people don't want to miss the boat if the market keeps rising.
drop fund managers market past rapid selling sign stocks
More fund managers are selling their stocks in the market in the past two days, which could be a sign for a rapid drop in market.
expect oil people profit record reported
Exxon Mobil reported record profit and people expect the same thing for oil producers' 2005 profit.
falls last major night reasons run street strong wall
Falls on Wall Street last night and profit-taking in H-shares, many of which had a strong run lately, are the major reasons for the market's fall today.
holding maybe seems waiting
It seems like institutions are still holding back from the market, maybe they are waiting for it go lower.
allow apartments beginning decision fund invest provided sales security social strong support weekend
Strong sales of apartments over the weekend and China's decision to allow the country's social security fund to invest overseas, beginning this week, provided support to the market.
attempts company experience friendly increasing investors proved shares strengthen
The experience with New World Development proved a company could rebuff attempts by TCI to keep increasing its holding. What New World Development did was to place shares to friendly investors to strengthen its controlling stake.
await cautious coming confined decision fed hints interest investors move narrow range rates tonight trading
Trading was confined to a narrow range because most investors are cautious as they await the Fed decision tonight and hints on how interest rates will move in the coming months.
bank due earnings east expected hurt interest lifted property rate stocks today worries
Bank stocks were lifted today due to better than expected earnings from Bank of East Asia, but interest rate worries hurt property stocks.
good oil price share sign
That (offering) should get a good reception, because there is really no sign that the price of oil will crash, so I think the share price will still rise.