A-Share Market Situation:
- The three major A-share indexes (Shanghai Composite Index, Shenzhen Component Index, and ChiNext Index) all opened lower on Wednesday, with the Shanghai Composite down 0.15%, the Shenzhen Component down 0.13%, and the ChiNext Index down 0.07%.
- Nongfu Spring’s share price opened up more than 4%, while Mengniu Dairy and BYD Co. fell by 6.12% and 2.04%, respectively.
Foreign Exchange Market Situation:
- The offshore yuan slightly weakened against the US dollar in the short term, currently quoted at 7.2539. The midpoint rate of the yuan against the dollar is reported at 7.0946, down 3 points from the previous trading day.
Hong Kong Stock Market Situation:
- The Hang Seng Index opened down 0.53%.
- The Hang Seng Tech Index also experienced a decrease, falling by 0.98%.
Monetary Policy Dynamics:
- The People's Bank of China conducted a 250 billion yuan 7-day reverse repo operation, with the winning interest rate held steady at 1.80%. The net injection amount was 247 billion yuan, with 30 billion yuan of 7-day reverse repos expiring today.
US Stock Market Situation:
- The three major US stock indexes turned lower during the session, hitting a new low for the week, with both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial experiencing three consecutive days of losses.
- In the tech sector, Tesla rose nearly 3% against the trend, while Nvidia was up more than 1% in early trading before closing down 2.6%.
- Chip stocks fell for two consecutive days, while AI company Super Micro (SMCI) initially rose 6% before closing down nearly 2%.
- Pan-European and German-Italian-Spanish stock indexes hit all-time highs continuously, though Maersk once fell by 7.6%.
Company News:
- Alibaba announced the cancellation of Cainiao's IPO plan and declared a 27 billion yuan acquisition of shareholder and employee equity. During a conference call, Alibaba's acquisition offer indicated that Cainiao was valued at 10.3 billion US dollars.
- CITIC Securities announced its revenue and net profit for the last year fell by more than 7% year-on-year, and it proposed a cash dividend of 4.75 yuan per 10 shares.
- Donald Trump's social media company's first public offering closed up 16%.
Economic Data Release:
- According to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to February of this year, the total profit of industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide reached 914.06 billion yuan, an increase of 10.2% over the same period last year.
Cryptocurrency Market Situation:
- Recently, the total amount of short positions in cryptocurrency-related stocks has approached 11 billion US dollars, with over 80% of these positions concentrated in two companies, MicroStrategy, known for its large holdings of Bitcoin, and the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.
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