The important announcements for Hong Kong stocks today are as follows:

1) Company News

$BABA-W (09988.HK)$ Dehong Capital acquired 78.7% $SUNART RETAIL (06808.HK)$ of the shares.

$Alibaba (BABA.US)$The group announced that its subsidiary and New Retail entered into an agreement with Dehong Capital to sell all shares held in SUNART RETAIL, totaling approximately 78.7% of the total issued shares of SUNART RETAIL. According to the agreement, Alibaba's subsidiary and New Retail will be entitled to receive up to approximately 13.138 billion Hong Kong dollars for the shares to be sold, equivalent to 1.75 HKD per share.

$BYD COMPANY (01211.HK)$ In December, the sales volume of New Energy Autos was 514,809 vehicles, with a total sales volume of 4,272,145 vehicles for the year 2024, accumulating a year-on-year growth of 41.26%.

$NIO-SW (09866.HK)$ In December, 31,138 vehicles were delivered, a year-on-year increase of 72.9%, achieving a record high for monthly deliveries.

$LI AUTO-W (02015.HK)$ In December, 58,513 vehicles were delivered, a year-on-year increase of 16.2%, setting a new historical high.

$XPENG-W (09868.HK)$ A total of 36,695 new vehicles were delivered in December, a year-on-year increase of 82% and a month-on-month growth of 19%, achieving a record high for monthly deliveries for four consecutive months.

$GCL NEWENERGY (00451.HK)$: Plans to sell eight photovoltaic facilities in North Carolina, USA, for approximately 0.107 billion Hong Kong dollars, with a total installed capacity of about 83MW.

$GOFINTECH INNOV (00290.HK)$: Plans to issue consideration shares worth 1.11 billion Hong Kong dollars to$WEALTHINK AI (01140.HK)$acquire a 22.5% stake in Southern Eastern Asset Management.

$XINYI SOLAR (00968.HK)$: Issues a profit warning, expecting annual Net income to decrease by 70% to 80% year-on-year.

The announcement states that this is mainly due to the imbalance of supply and demand in the market for CECEP Solar Energy products and the significant drop in market prices over the six months ending December 31, 2024, compared to the same period last year.

$XINYI GLASS (00868.HK)$ : Issued a profit warning. It is expected that the annual Net income will decrease by 30% to 40% year-on-year.

The announcement states that compared to the same period last year, the revenue and gross profit of the group's float Glass business have decreased due to the sluggish Real Estate market in China, the number of new property projects, and the significant decline in demand and market prices for float Glass products in China.

$HI SUN TECH (00818.HK)$ : Issued a profit warning, expecting a significant decrease in annual operating profit or even an operating loss year-on-year.

$CENTRALWEALTHGP (00139.HK)$ : Plans to acquire 51% equity of Yao Cai Investment Co., Ltd. for 60 million Hong Kong dollars.

$ONEWO (02602.HK)$: Several subsidiaries and related parties have entered into a series of debt settlement agreements with various sellers and debtors, totaling an amount of 0.703 billion yuan.

$CHINA POWER (02380.HK)$: The equity in the Pinghui power generation has been diluted from 60% to 49%.

$CITIC FAMC (02799.HK)$: Completed the transfer of 60% equity of the Financial Leasing Company to CITIC Group.

$MAANSHAN IRON (00323.HK)$: Currently planning to increase capital by transferring relevant Assets of the main Steel business to Maanshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.

$SKB BIO-B (06990.HK)$The anti-PD-L1 drug Tislelizumab has been approved for market launch by the National Medical Products Administration.

2) Buyback dynamics

$TENCENT (00700.HK)$Invested 0.574 billion HKD to buy back 1.37 million shares at a repurchase price of 416.00-421.40 HKD.

$AIA (01299.HK)$Invested 62.4812 million HKD to buy back 1.1058 million shares at a repurchase price of 56.10-56.85 HKD.

$HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK)$Invested approximately 46.9268 million Hong Kong dollars to repurchase 0.6208 million shares at a repurchase price of 75.4-75.85 Hong Kong dollars.

$ANTA SPORTS (02020.HK)$Invested approximately 49.7718 million Hong Kong dollars to repurchase 0.635 million shares at a repurchase price of 77.45-78.9 Hong Kong dollars.

Editor/Somer