0958 GMT - Investors signaled renewed confidence in Tencent after the Chinese tech giant announced the impending release of an AI agent for its WeChat workplace app WeCom. Tencent shares posted their largest gain in three weeks after the company's public relations head, Zhang Jun, said on social media that internal testing has started on new AI agent Dayuan. The stock jumped as much as 6.0% during the session before closing 3.4% higher at HK$428.80. Jun said Dayuan is capable of automatically analyzing existing work-related data such as emails and documents already within a user's WeCom to provide tailored responses to requests, as well as to complete recurring daily tasks.(jason.chau@wsj.com)
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June 24, 2026 05:58 ET (09:58 GMT)
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