AH stocks opened low and rose, with Apple concept stocks strengthening, BYD ELECTRONIC rose more than 6%

On Monday, A-shares opened lower and rose during the day, with mixed performance at midday closing. The Shanghai Composite Index fell by 0.51% at midday, the Shenzhen Component Index rose by 0.37%, and the ChiNext Index rose by 0.8%. The total turnover of the two markets reached 490.1 billion, with 1764 stocks rising. The consumer electronics sector led the gains, with Apple concept stocks performing strongly; the semiconductor industry chain strengthened, with GPU and the direction of the National Large Fund performing well; the themes of connected cars, power batteries, CPO, and new energy vehicles were among the top gainers. The coal, shipping, liquor, and real estate sectors showed significant declines.

In the Hong Kong stock market, it also opened lower and rose during the day, with the Hang Seng Index rising by 0.2% at midday to 17,978.3 points, briefly touching the 18,000-point mark. The Hang Seng TECH Index rose by 0.12% to 3712.07 points. Apple concept stocks were strong, with BYD ELECTRONIC rising by 6%.

In terms of A-share sectors, Apple concept stocks collectively surged, with LY iTECH hitting the limit up, Luxshare Precision up over 9%, GoerTek up over 7%.

The large aircraft sector led the gains, with AVIC Aircraft up by 14%, AVIC Jonhon Optronic Technology hitting the limit up, Jinfa Sun up by over 7%, Xinyan Shares, Jiangxi Hongdu Aviation Industry, AVIC Avionics, and Runbay Aviation following the uptrend.

In news, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Natural Science Foundation of China signed a cooperation agreement on the 14th to jointly establish the Large Aircraft Basic Research Joint Fund. The Large Aircraft Basic Research Joint Fund is jointly funded and established by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, focusing on the national strategic needs in the field of large aircraft, supporting basic, forward-looking, and innovative research around the long-term development needs of large aircraft in safety, reliability, green environmental protection, intelligent efficiency, economic convenience, etc.

Concept stocks of new energy vehicles strengthened, with Silesia up by over 5%, JAC Motors up by 4.4%, Zhongtong Bus, Changan Automobile, and BAIC BluePark among the top gainers.

The semiconductor sector rose in early trading, with CETC up by over 7.7%.

Commercial aerospace stocks also rose.

Coal stocks fell again.

Liquor stocks continued to decline, with Kweichow Moutai falling more than 1%.

Shipping stocks continued to weaken, with Phoenix Shipping falling more than 4%.

Real estate stocks also collectively weakened, with Nandu Property and Tefang Services falling by more than 4%.

In the Hong Kong stock sector, Apple concept stocks strengthened, with BYD Electronic rising more than 6% and Sunny Optical Technology rising more than 3%.

Automobile stocks rose, with BYD Company's shares up by 2.8%. Recently, BYD's stock price has been continuously rising, mainly due to the market's significantly increased sales expectations for the Qin L series.

Shipping stocks continued to decline, with China COSCO Shipping falling by nearly 3%.

Power stocks fell.

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