Investors 'pessimism about the AI-driven technology growth sector has eased, and trading logic has gradually spread from hardware to consumer applications.
Wealth Broker's summary data shows that the overall trend of the Hong Kong stock market has been strong recently, with major indices performing particularly well in global markets.Since February, the major stock indexes of Hong Kong stocks have performed well in the Asia-Pacific region and even global markets, with growth significantly ahead of other markets.
The Hang Seng Index has increased by 5.29% since February 2025, while the Shanghai Composite Index of the mainland securities market has increased by 2.08%, the South Korean Composite Index has increased by 0.86%, and Japan's Nikkei 225 Index has dropped by 1.95%.In addition, from the beginning of February to February 10 local time, the U.S. stocks Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 0.17%. European stock markets, the British, French and German stock markets rose by 1.08%, 0.71%, and 0.83% respectively, both significantly worse than the performance of the Hong Kong stock Hang Seng Index during the same period.
Other Hong Kong stock market indices such as the Hang Seng Technology Index performed even brighter, with a cumulative increase of 8.86% since February, while the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index rose by 6.24%.After the overall strong upside, some important indices of Hong Kong stocks are approaching 2024 highs.For example, on February 11, the Hang Seng Technology Index once exceeded 5,300 points, only a hundred points away from the high of 5,451.53 points set in October 2024.
From the perspective of individual stocks, many leading stocks in Hong Kong stocks rose sharply during the period.Data shows that among the top 50 stocks with current market capitalisation in the Hong Kong stock market, 15 stocks will increase by more than 20% from the low level in 2025. Among them, stocks such as SMIC, BYD, and Alibaba-W will increase by more than 40% from the low level in 2025.
The decline in short selling ratio also reflects improving market sentiment.Take Alibaba as an example. Its short selling ratio fell from 15.12% on February 3 to 13.09% on February 6.During the same period, the number of short selling shares fell from 20.8538 million shares to 7.6929 million shares; taking Tencent as an example, the company's short selling ratio fell from 9.71% on February 3 to 9.35% on February 6.The number of short sold shares fell back from 2.7221 million shares to 1.1786 million shares during the same period.
Take SMIC as an example. The company fell back from 17.56% on February 3 to 11.65% on February 6.The number of short sold shares fell from 16.372 million shares during the same period to 15.421 million shares; taking Xiaomi Group as an example, the company fell back from 27.53% on February 3 to 21.53% on February 6.Short-sold shares fell to 27.2864 million shares from 39.7018 million shares during the same period.
Analysts said that investors 'pessimism about the AI-driven technology growth sector has eased, and trading logic has gradually spread from hardware to consumer applications.A research report recently released by Galaxy Securities believes that in the short term, the DeepSeek craze and Spring Festival consumption data exceeding expectations have made investors more optimistic and driven the valuation of Hong Kong stocks to increase.In the medium and long term, the market for Hong Kong stocks still depends on fundamentals. With the development of new productivity and the implementation of domestic consumption-promoting policies, the profits of Hong Kong stocks companies are expected to increase steadily.Overall, looking to the future, Hong Kong stocks are expected to fluctuate upwards.
HSBC recently believes that in addition to being a high-profile technology event, DeepSeek may also be an important macro event.In the past few years, investors have mainly focused on the macroeconomic challenges facing China, and DeepSeek has brought investors 'attention to the fact that despite the existence of computing power barriers in the United States, China's private technology innovation is increasingly competitive on the global stage.If DeepSeek's success can serve as a catalyst to further promote technological innovation in the private sector, it is expected to bring more potential creative breakthroughs in the technology field and improve investors 'confidence in China's stock market.
Recently, leading Hong Kong stock companies have taken the lead in repurchase, and many of them have even increased their repurchase, which has also contributed to the overall upward trend of the Hong Kong stock market.Data shows that since 2025, many companies including Tencent Holdings, AIA Insurance, HSBC Holdings, and COSCO Haikong have repurchased more than HK$1 billion.Taking AIA as an example, since February 3, 2025, AIA's daily repurchase amount has increased significantly, and has remained above HK$300 million for several consecutive trading days.
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