At midday close, the HSI leaped 250 pts or 1.4% to 17,672; the HSCEI gained 87 pts or 1.4% to 6,177; and the HSTECH added 43 pts or 1.2% to 3,540. Southbound Stock Connect was suspended trading during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in mainland China. The total half-day trading volume of Hong Kong stocks was $34.945 billion.

The prospect of interest rate cuts by the Fed underpinned real estate stocks, with WHARF REIC (01997.HK) and CK ASSET (01113.HK) soaring 5% and 4.4%; NEW WORLD DEV (00017.HK), HENDERSON LAND (00012.HK), HANG LUNG PPT (00101.HK) and SHK PPT (00016.HK) mounting 2.3%-3.1%. Utilities HK & CHINA GAS (00003.HK), POWER ASSETS (00006.HK), HKELECTRIC-SS (02638.HK) and CKI HOLDINGS (01038.HK) rose 1.8%-2.5%.

Techs MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) and BILIBILI-W (09626.HK) grew 1.7% and 1.9%. BABA-W (09988.HK), TENCENT (00700.HK), XIAOMI-W (01810.HK), JD-SW (09618.HK), BIDU-SW (09888.HK) and KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK) hiked 0.8%-1.2%.

In addition, JD HEALTH (06618.HK), GDS-SW (09698.HK) and ALI HEALTH (00241.HK) spiked 2.9%-3.3%. Chip stock SMIC (00981.HK) and chip equipment stock ASMPT (00522.HK) jumped up more than 2%. Apple (AAPL.US) released iOS 18, which does not include Apple Intelligence. SUNNY OPTICAL (02382.HK), a concept stock of Apple, lifted 0.3% at midday.
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Stock & Type	Code	Strike(Call Level)	Last	Effective Gearing
HSBC (C)	25081	80.5 (-)	0.032	21.3 X
HSBC (C)	26445	77.05 (-)	0.124	13.2 X
HSBC (P)	26103	59.54 (-)	0.032	17.4 X
HSBC (P)	26998	49.95 (-)	0.044	10.1 X
HSBC (Bull)	68791	64.7 (65.5)	0.044	16.0 X
HSBC (Bull)	67860	61.7 (62.5)	0.066	10.7 X
HSBC (Bear)	58202	76.8 (76)	0.066	10.7 X
SHKP (C)	19863	100 (-)	0.022	12.6 X
GEG (C)	26446	41.2 (-)	0.275	5.8 X
GEG (C)	27449	38.93 (-)	0.530	3.9 X
OOIL (C)	24034	138 (-)	0.039	7.3 X
CP&CC (C)	27356	5.85 (-)	0.176	7.6 X
HKEX (C)	21690	350.2 (-)	0.162	6.6 X
HKEX (C)	22598	333.08 (-)	0.183	6.8 X
HKEX (Bull)	50941	246 (248)	0.120	5.1 X
HKEX (Bull)	50940	236 (238)	0.138	4.4 X
HKEX (Bear)	58519	332 (330)	0.053	11.5 X
TENCT (C)	25123	472.42 (-)	0.161	9.7 X
TENCT (C)	26408	437.19 (-)	0.305	7.9 X
TENCT (P)	27094	345.25 (-)	0.029	11.3 X
TENCT (P)	27141	319.8 (-)	0.061	6.8 X
TENCT (P)	27588	299.8 (-)	0.085	4.9 X
TENCT (Bull)	50942	385.2 (388)	0.112	7.8 X
TENCT (Bull)	50412	374.2 (377)	0.134	6.5 X
TENCT (Bear)	58483	472.8 (470)	0.061	14.3 X
TENCT (Bear)	58481	462.8 (460)	0.045	19.4 X
CUNI (C)	17810	7.49 (-)	0.039	9.4 X
CUNI (C)	23653	6.1 (-)	0.207	3.9 X
CTWR (C)	25320	1.21 (-)	0.105	4.1 X
PETCH (C)	24621	7.98 (-)	0.069	5.4 X
PETCH (P)	23509	6.19 (-)	0.077	6.6 X
PETCH (Bull)	50172	5.25 (5.4)	0.097	6.5 X
PETCH (Bull)	68340	4.85 (5)	0.129	4.9 X
CNOOC (C)	27418	19.98 (-)	0.178	5.2 X
CNOOC (C)	24102	19.1 (-)	0.130	7.4 X
CNOOC (P)	25922	17.36 (-)	0.247	4.8 X
CNOOC (P)	23730	15.66 (-)	0.056	6.4 X
CNOOC (Bull)	60602	17.25 (17.5)	0.027	13.8 X
CNOOC (Bull)	56918	16.95 (17.2)	0.033	11.3 X
CCB (C)	25625	7 (-)	0.185	8.9 X
CCB (P)	25121	5.85 (-)	0.098	4.9 X
CCB (Bull)	58076	5.1 (5.2)	0.064	9.3 X
SMIC (C)	24030	23.63 (-)	0.069	6.8 X
SMIC (C)	25572	20.05 (-)	0.117	6.8 X
SMIC (P)	25686	15.18 (-)	0.068	5.2 X
SMIC (Bull)	50944	15.2 (15.8)	0.073	5.1 X
SMIC (Bull)	57150	14.2 (14.8)	0.093	4.0 X
SMIC (Bear)	60761	23.6 (23)	0.101	3.7 X
KUASO (C)	25810	62.04 (-)	0.097	4.2 X
KUASO (C)	22772	60.05 (-)	0.104	4.1 X
KUASO (P)	24651	45.8 (-)	0.118	2.6 X
KUASO (Bull)	50413	36.5 (39)	0.148	3.4 X
KUASO (Bear)	59093	67 (64)	0.149	3.4 X
KUASO (Bear)	62435	58 (55)	0.071	7.1 X
BYD (C)	25031	275.2 (-)	0.290	5.4 X
BYD (C)	24458	249.08 (-)	0.350	5.9 X
BYD (Bull)	50174	226 (230)	0.104	5.3 X
BYD (Bull)	68790	221 (225)	0.115	4.8 X
AIA (C)	21679	73.1 (-)	0.133	5.0 X
AIA (C)	26507	65.05 (-)	0.620	7.1 X
AIA (P)	22116	65.95 (-)	0.108	4.8 X
AIA (Bull)	50414	53.4 (54)	0.149	4.5 X
AIA (Bear)	50510	70.6 (70)	0.029	23.4 X
ICBC (C)	25624	5.66 (-)	0.128	9.0 X
ICBC (Bull)	50177	4 (4.1)	0.058	8.1 X
ICBC (Bull)	58041	3.7 (3.8)	0.078	6.0 X
XIAOMI (C)	25322	23.65 (-)	0.126	7.2 X
XIAOMI (C)	21354	19.82 (-)	0.295	5.5 X
XIAOMI (P)	25032	17.1 (-)	0.020	9.6 X
XIAOMI (P)	25173	15.13 (-)	0.032	5.9 X
XIAOMI (Bull)	50945	19.68 (20.08)	0.051	8.6 X
XIAOMI (Bull)	50511	18.68 (19.08)	0.070	6.2 X
XIAOMI (Bear)	50686	25.4 (25)	0.059	7.4 X
XIAOMI (Bear)	58522	23.4 (23)	0.026	16.8 X
LI (C)	25374	116.5 (-)	0.080	4.9 X
LI (C)	27190	98.93 (-)	0.265	2.4 X
LI (P)	23536	107.9 (-)	0.181	2.9 X
LI (Bull)	50415	72 (76)	0.285	3.5 X
PINAN (Bull)	50946	35.9 (36.5)	0.123	4.0 X
PINAN (Bull)	50419	33.4 (34)	0.147	3.3 X
LININ (C)	26377	23.36 (-)	0.243	3.4 X
SUNY (C)	23221	70.93 (-)	0.104	4.0 X
SUNY (P)	25858	41.95 (-)	0.072	3.1 X
CLIFE (P)	25381	9.67 (-)	0.018	7.6 X
ZIJIN (C)	25861	22.93 (-)	0.134	4.5 X
ZIJIN (C)	23951	17.38 (-)	0.177	5.7 X
ZIJIN (Bull)	50178	13.1 (13.5)	0.094	3.7 X
MTUAN (C)	26223	150.1 (-)	0.385	3.0 X
MTUAN (P)	27495	109.9 (-)	0.065	3.2 X
MTUAN (P)	23632	83 (-)	0.020	3.8 X
MTUAN (Bull)	50947	130.5 (133)	0.073	4.5 X
MTUAN (Bull)	50410	122.5 (125)	0.091	3.6 X
MTUAN (Bear)	68804	198 (195)	0.066	5.0 X
CMB (C)	27312	40.04 (-)	0.370	5.2 X
CMB (Bull)	50949	29.6 (30)	0.072	5.3 X
BOCL (C)	25623	4.73 (-)	0.066	9.7 X
BOCL (Bull)	55983	3.02 (3.1)	0.054	6.9 X
CMOLY (C)	24316	9 (-)	0.075	6.4 X
JDCOM (C)	25375	175 (-)	0.175	4.0 X
JDCOM (Bull)	50420	102.2 (105)	0.495	3.1 X
JDCOM (Bear)	59089	164.8 (162)	0.025	12.1 X
Bilibili (C)	25476	180.1 (-)	0.255	3.5 X
XPENG (Bear)	66607	51.5 (50)	0.051	9.1 X
BAIDU (C)	22799	118.2 (-)	0.036	7.9 X
BAIDU (C)	25923	105.1 (-)	0.186	3.2 X
BAIDU (P)	26238	80 (-)	0.104	3.9 X
BAIDU (Bull)	50179	76 (78)	0.255	3.9 X
BAIDU (Bear)	60760	130 (128)	0.300	3.3 X
ALIBA (C)	25889	100.1 (-)	0.300	4.3 X
ALIBA (C)	25433	99 (-)	0.270	4.7 X
ALIBA (Bull)	50950	86.5 (88)	0.171	6.0 X
ALIBA (Bull)	50513	83.3 (84.8)	0.203	5.0 X
ALIBA (Bear)	50954	109.5 (108)	0.063	16.2 X
APPLE (C)	10321	262 (-)	0.137	8.1 X
APPLE (C)	10322	238 (-)	0.161	9.8 X
APPLE (P)	10410	193 (-)	0.131	5.7 X
APPLE (P)	10320	186 (-)	0.037	10.2 X