HSI Climbs 72 Pts

$Hang Seng Index(800000.HK)$ opened 72 pts or 0.4% higher at 17,841; $Hang Seng China Enterprises Index(800100.HK)$ opened 19 pts or 0.3% higher at 6,394; and the $Hang Seng TECH Index(800700.HK)$ opened 25 pts or 0.7% higher at 3,564.

Techs were in a mixed bag. $BABA-SW(09988.HK)$ , having repurchased a total of 613 million shares of the company in the previous quarter, with a planned balance of US$26.1 billion, opened 1.7% higher. $TENCENT(00700.HK)$ dipped 0.7%. $MEITUAN-W(03690.HK)$ , $JD-SW(09618.HK)$ , $KUAISHOU-W(01024.HK)$ and $BILIBILI-W(09626.HK)$ hiked 0.1%-1.9%. $NTES-S(09999.HK)$ faded 1.3%, being the worst-performing blue chip. $XIAOMI-W(01810.HK)$ opened flat at $16.66.