Alibaba, Nio Stocks Mixed: Hang Seng Opens On Cautious Note As Recession Fears Grip Markets

KEY POINTS

• Shares of Xpeng and Li Auto rose over 7% and 5% in opening trade.
• Alibaba stocks lost over 0.11% and Meituan gained 0.69%.
• China is set to report its November trade data on Wednesday.

Hong Kong stocks opened mixed on Wednesday morning as investors and traders remained cautious over recession concerns that sparked aweak session on Wall Street the day before. The benchmark Hang Seng gained 0.05% in opening trade with shares of Xpeng and Li Auto rising over 7% and 5% respectively. However, shares of Alibaba lost 0.11%, and Meituan gained 0.69%. China is also set to report its November trade data on Wednesday.

Company News: Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, has partnered with major courier firms to boost its local services strategy in a bid to compete with industry giant Meituan, reported the South China Morning Post.

China's new energy vehicle (NEV) insurance registrations rose during the first week of December as against the previous week, with BYDCo and Tesla Inc being the top performers in the week,reportedCnEVPost.

Top Gainers and Losers: Alibaba Health Information Technology Limited and WuXi Biologics (Cayman) Inc. were among the top gainers among Hang Seng constituents, having risen over 8% and 2%, respectively. Longfor Group Holdings Limited and CNOOC Limitedwere among the top losers, having shed over 4% and 2.39%, respectively.

Global News: U.S. futures traded in the green on Tuesday morning Asia session. The Dow Jones futures gained 0.11% while the Nasdaq futures rose 0.12%. The S&P 500 futures were trading higher by 0.09%.

Elsewhere in Asia-Pacific, Australia’s ASX 200 was down 0.93%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 traded 0.42% higher while China’s Shanghai Composite index rose 0.21%. South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.15%.