{"id":139663,"date":"2025-10-23T03:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/139663\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T03:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:42:09","slug":"hong-kong-stocks-hold-steady-as-investors-look-for-signs-of-easing-global-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/139663\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong stocks hold steady as investors look for signs of easing global tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/3329869\/hong-kong-stocks-mirror-wall-street-slide-gold-and-silver-extend-retreat?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">stocks<\/a> edged up on Thursday, as investors looked for signs of easing geopolitical tensions following US leader Donald Trump\u2019s remarks that he had a \u201cpretty long meeting scheduled\u201d in South Korea with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Hang Seng Index rose less than 0.1 per cent to 25,791.63 as of 11.10am local time, after falling by 0.4 per cent. The Hang Seng Tech Index fell 0.7 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index lost 0.6 per cent and the Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.7 per cent.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Leading the gainers, sportswear producer Li Ning jumped 5.3 per cent to HK$18.33, while home appliance maker Midea Group added 0.3 per cent to HK$82.85 while property developer Sun Hung Kai Properties advanced 0.3 per cent to HK$92.65.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">On the negative side, blind-box toymaker Pop Mart International slumped 9.6 per cent to HK$231.80, while online-game provider NetEase dropped 1.8 per cent to HK$225.40. Online travel-booking agency Trip.com Group lost 0.9 per cent to HK$542.50, while short-video platform Kuaishou Technology tumbled 2 per cent to HK$72.30.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Investors are watching closely for any signs that the potential talks between Xi and Trump could help stabilise markets rattled by geopolitical risks and uncertainty over global trade flows. Trump said the talks would range from soybean purchases to rare earth exports and the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chinese oil firm CNOOC advanced 2.3 per cent to HK$19.94 and peer PetroChina added 0.8 per cent to HK$7.95, after Trump announced sanctions on Russia\u2019s largest oil producers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hong Kong stocks edged up on Thursday, as investors looked for signs of easing geopolitical tensions following US&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[82722,1128,79,26607,381,82721,82724,18,4050,4202,19,17,386,67616,82723,188,67474,550,8601,551,37031,2263,3997],"class_list":{"0":"post-139663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-markets","8":"tag-anta-sports-products","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-byd","12":"tag-china","13":"tag-cnooc","14":"tag-csi-index","15":"tag-eire","16":"tag-hang-seng-index","17":"tag-hong-kong","18":"tag-ie","19":"tag-ireland","20":"tag-japan","21":"tag-kospi","22":"tag-li-ning","23":"tag-markets","24":"tag-netease","25":"tag-russia","26":"tag-shanghai-composite-index","27":"tag-ukraine","28":"tag-us-president-donald-trump","29":"tag-vladimir-putin","30":"tag-xi-jinping"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115421416270889013","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}