The Half-Day Report: The Hang Seng Index closed at 25,818 points, up 44 points; the Hang Seng TECH Index closed at 5,499 points, up 10 points. SMIC rose over 3%, while Cheung Kong Infrastructure, CLP Holdings, HSBC, Hong Kong Electric, and GLOBAL NEW MAT reached new highs

The Hang Seng Index closed at 25,818 points, up 44 points or 0.2%. The Hang Seng TECH Index reported 5,499 points, up 10 points or 0.2%. The National Index rose 1 point or 0.0%, closing at 8,915 points.

Performance of active heavyweight stocks:

Alibaba (09988.HK) closed at HKD 146, down 0.8%;

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (00388.HK) closed at HKD 410, up 0.6%;

Ping An (02318.HK) closed at HKD 66.2, up 0.4%;

Tencent (00700.HK) closed at HKD 603, up 0.2%;

Xiaomi Group (01810.HK) closed at HKD 39.22, up 0.1%;

Meituan (03690.HK) closed at HKD 103.2, unchanged;

Movements in the Hang Seng Index and National Index constituent stocks:

SMIC (00981.HK) closed at HKD 71.05, up 3.1%;

CKI Holdings (01038.HK) closed at HKD 58.55, up 1.8%, hitting a new high;

CLP Holdings (00006.HK) closed at HKD 55.8, up 1.8%, hitting a new high;

HSBC Holdings (00005.HK) closed at HKD 123.8, up 1.2%, hitting a new high;

China Light and Power (00002.HK) closed at HKD 69.8, up 0.6%, hitting a new high;

Movements in comprehensive small and medium-sized stocks:

GLOBAL NEW MAT (06616.HK) closed at HKD 10.95, up 9.3%, hitting a new high;