HSI Closes 41 pts Lower as BABA-SW,TENCENT Climb

$Hang Seng Index (800000.HK)$ dropped 41 points or 0.2% to close at 19,073. $Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (800100.HK)$ slid 20 points or 0.3% to close at 6,741. $Hang Seng TECH Index (800700.HK)$ added 22 points or 0.6% to close at 4,041. Total market turnover for the day amounted to $143.085 billion.

For techs, $BABA-W (09988.HK)$ climbed 1.8% to $82.65, while $TENCENT (00700.HK)$ picked up 1% to $381.8 before release their quarterly results. $BIDU-SW (09888.HK)$ and $NTES-S (09999.HK)$ rose 1.7% and 1.6%, while $KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK)$ gained 0.7%. $BILIBILI-W (09626.HK)$ advanced 4.6%, while $TME-SW (01698.HK)$ swelled 7.9% after it declared a dividend of US$6.85 cents per share. $EAST BUY (01797.HK)$ surged 12.5%, while $SENSETIME-W (00020.HK)$ slipped 0.7%.