The Zhitong Finance App learned that on October 15, the three major indices of Hong Kong stocks collectively opened lower. The Hang Seng Index opened at 24119.14 points, down 195.03 points, or 0.8%; the Hang Seng Technology Index opened at 4082.06 points, down 92.41 points, or 2.21%; the state-owned enterprise index fell 0.72% to 8124.22 points; and the red chip index fell 0.34% to 4050.4 points.
On the market, TechNet stocks generally declined. In terms of constituent stocks, Haier Smart Home (06690), BeiGene (06160), and Xinyi Glass (00868) had the highest gains among Hang Seng Index constituent stocks, while Ningde Era (03750) and Huahong Semiconductor (01347) had the highest declines; Haier Smart Home and JD Health (06618) were among the constituent stocks of the Hang Seng Technology Index.
Storage concept stocks opened lower; Southern Dongying SK Hynix's daily leveraged (2x) products fell by more than 14%; PCB concept stocks were sluggish, with Jiantao Laminated Board falling more than 8%; Hong Kong stock computing power hardware stocks generally opened low, with ASMPT and Hongteng Precision falling more than 5%.
In terms of IPOs, Voice Holdings (02636) was listed on the first day of today at an issue price of HK$35.30, opening 0.96% lower.
According to the news, the three major US stock indices collectively closed down overnight. The Dow fell 0.09% to 51621.48 points, the NASDAQ fell 1.88% to 26692.87 points, and the S&P 500 index fell 1.11% to 7718.94 points. The US CPI rose 3.7% year on year in September, higher than market expectations of 3.6%, and market concerns about the Fed's continued interest rate hike are heating up. On the Asia-Pacific side, South Korea's KOSPI index plummeted 5.5%, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics closed down for several days, the memory chip industry chain continued to weaken, and the Hong Kong stock storage concept and computing power hardware sectors opened low. Furthermore, the prices of spot gold and spot silver increased.