At the midday close of Hong Kong stocks, the Hang Seng Index rose 1.41%, and the Hang Seng Tech Index rose 3.49%. The Hong Kong Tech ETF (159751) rose 2.01%, and the Hang Seng Hong Kong Stock Connect ETF (159318) rose 0.97%. Among sectors, diversified REITs and passenger airlines led the gains, while biotech and life science tools led the declines. In terms of individual stocks, Baidu Group-SW rose 15.9%, NIO-SW rose 10.28%, Lens Technology rose 7.56%, SMIC rose 5.7%, JD.com-SW rose 5.69%, Yancoal Energy rose 5.67%, China Coal Energy rose 5.45%, CATL rose 5.35%, Meituan-W rose 5.18%, Alibaba-W rose 5.02%, Alibaba-WR rose 4.92%, Meituan-WR rose 4.79%, Haier Smart Home rose 4.44%; Tongyuan Kang Pharmaceutical-B fell 7.69%, MIRXES-B fell 8.74%; China Education Holdings rose 16.67%, Shangao Holdings rose 13.96%.