In the Hong Kong stock market, the Hang Seng Index rose 396 points in the first half of the day, with Tencent up 5.7% and CATL rising over 8% after earnings

U.S. President Trump stated that the war with Iran is nearing its end, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 239 points or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq up 1.4%. Hong Kong stocks rose in the early market. The Hang Seng Index opened up 331 points, with the initial gain narrowing to 203 points at 25,611 points, before expanding again to a peak increase of 464 points at 25,872 points, closing up 396 points or 1.6% at 25,804 points; the National Index rose 91 points or 1.1% to 8,673 points; the Hang Seng TECH Index rose 69 points or 1.4% to 5,010 points. The total turnover of the market for the half-day was HKD 172.007 billion.

The OpenClaw craze continues, with AI stocks MiniMax (00100.HK) and Zhizhu (02513.HK) rising 9.5% and 6.9%. Tencent (00700.HK)'s CodeBuddy saw a surge in traffic, with its stock price rising 5.7% to HKD 545.5. Weimob (02013.HK) and Inspur (03696.HK) each rose 5.7%.

In other tech stocks, Alibaba (09988.HK) and Bilibili (09626.HK) rose 3% and 3.3%, while Kuaishou (01024.HK), NetEase (09999.HK), JD.com (09618.HK), and Baidu (09888.HK) rose between 1.5% and 2.3%. Meituan (03690.HK) fell 0.6%. Additionally, Dongfang Zhenxuan (01797.HK), Xindong (02400.HK), and JD Health (06618.HK) rose between 4.1% and 4.7%, while Kingsoft Cloud (03896.HK) retraced 4.1%. Chip stocks Wallen (06082.HK) and Tianneng Zhixin (09903.HK) surged 5.5% and 19.9%, while SMIC (00981.HK) and Hua Hong (01347.HK) rose 2.8% and 2.1%. Mobile component stocks GoerTek (01415.HK) and Lens Technology (06613.HK) rose 5.2% and 5.3%, while QiuTai (01478.HK) rose 3.4%. Wire stocks Changfei Optical Fiber (06869.HK) surged 12.2%.

Pharmaceutical stocks saw strong demand, with Sanofi (01530.HK) and Kelun-Biotech (06990.HK) rising 7% and 8.9%, and Kangfang (09926.HK) up 11.2%. Rongchang (09995.HK), Junshi (01877.HK), and Innovent Biologics (01801.HK) rose between 4.9% and 6.2%. Automotive stocks BYD (01211.HK) and Xiaomi (01810.HK) fell 2.1% and 1%. Battery stock CATL (03750.HK) reported a 42% increase in net profit last year, exceeding market expectations, with its stock price rising 8.7%. Autonomous driving stock Xiaoma Zhixing (02026.HK) rose 4.8%, while robotics concept stocks Sanhua Intelligent Control (02050.HK) and Sutech (02498.HK) rose 4.3% and 3.4% Oil prices have significantly declined, with oil stocks PetroChina (00857.HK) and CNOOC (00883.HK) falling by 2.5% and 1.2%. Oil equipment stock Shandong Molong (00568.HK) dropped by 1.7%, with half-day trading exceeding HKD 3.27 billion. Airline stocks Cathay Pacific (00293.HK) and China Southern Airlines (01055.HK) rose by 4.4% and 3.7%. Commodity stocks Zijin Mining (02899.HK), Jiangxi Copper (00358.HK), Minmetals Resources (01208.HK), and Luoyang Molybdenum (03993.HK) each rebounded by over 2%, while Chalco (02600.HK) fell by 3.1%.

In the financial sector, HSBC (00005.HK) and AIA (01299.HK) rose by 3.2% and 3%, Standard Chartered (02888.HK) increased by 4.3%, and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (00388.HK) gained 1.6%. Domestic insurance stocks PICC (02328.HK), Taikang (02601.HK), and China Life (02628.HK) each rose by over 2%. Other stocks included heavy machinery stocks Zoomlion (01157.HK) and SANY Heavy Industry (06031.HK) rising by 6% and 5.8%, and JD Logistics (02618.HK) increasing by 5.3%