ZINGER KEY POINTS
- Hang Seng loses 0.81%
- Nio plunges 7%, Li Auto down 6%
- Fed rate hike looms over markets this week
Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index opened in the red on Monday following a weaker close on Wall Street on Friday, which was dominated by a plunge in social media stocks. The Hang Seng fell 0.81% ahead of the crucial U.S. Federal Reserve meeting later this week that could potentially see a 75 bps rate hike.
EVs plunge: Nio Inc led the losers, with the stock shedding nearly 7%. $Tesla Inc(TSLA)$ rival $XPeng Inc(XPEV)$ fell more than 4%, while Li AutoInc was down nearly 4.6% at press time.
Tech Loses Shine: Shares of AlibabaGroup Holding Ltd. lost more than 2% and BaiduInc fell 1.43% on Monday. Tencent Holdings Ltd. shares were down 1.2%, while shopping platform Meituan lost 0.52%.
E-commerce player JD.com Inc lost 1.3%.
Company News: Nio is set to enter Germany, Holland, Denmark and Sweden with its flagship ET7 sedan along with its battery swap stations and domestic hiring, reports EV quoting the Deutsche Bank analyst Edison Yu.
Global Markets: U.S. markets ended in the red on Friday, led by a plunge in social media stocks, with the Nasdaq index falling 1.87%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.43% lower, while the S&P 500 shed 0.93%.
Shares of Snap Inc nosedived 39% over disappointing second-quarter results.
Elsewhere in Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 traded lower at 0.64% while the South Korean Kospi rose marginally by 0.03%. China’s Shanghai Composite traded flat, while Australia’s ASX 200 was up 0.07% in opening trade.
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