- At the midday close, the Hang Seng Index dropped 67 pts to 25,345 and the Hang Seng Tech Index fell 49 pts to 4,477.
- Active heavyweights showed mixed movements, with XIAOMI down 2.4% and MEITUAN up 1.9%.
- Notable constituent performances included CMOC surging over 6% and SWIRE PACIFIC A hitting new highs.
- Intel Corporation plans to implement another 10 % price increase on personal computer CPUs next month following earlier hikes.
- The company also intends to discontinue the low-margin Small Core product line to improve overall profitability.
- This pricing strategy reflects rising overall supply chain costs and strong product demand following previous price adjustments in 1Q 26 and July.