On May 2, against the backdrop of the suspension of A-share funds and the general suspension of Hong Kong stocks, the Hong Kong stock technology index soared by more than 4%.

The activity of Hong Kong stocks was highly dependent on A-share funds, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Shenzhen funds, and for a long time in the past, Hong Kong stocks had an embarrassing performance if Hong Kong stocks were closed because of holidays. Now, during the May Day holiday, when there is a lack of A-share funds and Shanghai, Hong Kong and Shenzhen funds, Hong Kong stocks do not rely on the sharp rise of A-share funds or means that foreign institutions and QDII funds are making great efforts to cover their positions. Before the May Day holiday, a number of Hong Kong stock companies increased their shareholdings by institutions and overseas sovereign funds. Some fund managers stressed that the service industry and retail data during the May Day period may become a perspective for foreign investors to observe China's macro-economy.

A year behind A shares and US stocks, Hong Kong stock AI model plate took off

Due to the large model plate of Hong Kong stock AI in the depression excavated by foreign capital, and the optimistic judgment of foreign investors observing China's economic recovery during May Day, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Science and Technology Index soared by more than 4%, driving the core varieties of AI to take off across the board.

Although the hype of the AI model in A shares and US stocks has been going on for a year, the AI model plate of Hong Kong stocks has become the shadow of many public fund managers in the past year. Chinese reporters from securities firms have noticed that during the hot hype period of A shares and US stock AI models, many fund managers who missed the market went south to Hong Kong stocks to explore "cheaper and more authentic artificial intelligence", but contrary to fund managers' expectations. The Hong Kong stock market is not only indifferent to the global popularity of the AI model, but also a rare scene of a deep slump in reverse, which hit many public offerings that went south to dig for "authentic targets" during 2023 and the first quarter of 2024.

Now, when the AI model of A-share and US stocks has come to an end, global capital, including A-share funds, QDII funds and foreign sovereign funds, are beginning to accelerate their inflows into the Hong Kong market, especially the technology sector. On May 2, technology stocks, which were heavily reduced by public offering funds and listed in Hong Kong stocks with low allocation, were pulled up across the board, showing the logic of institutional capital replenishment.

The Chinese reporter from the securities firm noticed that the more shares were reduced in the early stage of the public offering, the fiercer the replenishment funds were now. As of May 2, Shangtang Technology, which was sold clean by the fund in the fourth quarter of last year, rose by more than 36% in 8 trading days.Crashxspyro.7 times. In the previous successive market decline, from the heavy positions of more than a dozen public offering funds to the Weimeng Group, which now has only one fund left, it has also risen 14.39%. According to the fund's first-quarter report, only Castrol's Hong Kong stock Internet fund is left to hold the stock.

In addition, the AI concept stock Kingdee International excavated by public offering funds rose more than 11% on May 2, the fourth paradigm, which is on a par with Shangtang Technology and Youbixuan in the field of AI, rose by more than 14%, and Yidu Technology, which cooperates with Huawei and Tencent respectively, the medical model and artificial intelligence laboratory rose nearly 5%. 8 trading days have brought a 30% return for fund managers. Meitu, who released the AI model, also rose by about 4% under the replenishment of several star funds. Stimulated by the concepts of new quality productivity, industrial robot (300024) and AI model, the innovative wisdom of releasing the generative AI industrial manufacturing model for the manufacturing track also soared by about 15% with the replenishment of institutional funds. In the 2023 annual report, it was announced that the medical AI model and generative medical AI had been commercialized for the first time, and the stock had also been sold off. On May 2, the stock rose nearly 5%. The latest fund's first-quarter report shows that under the blessing of the AI model, Medical Maitong ushered in a large position of public offering products under Cathay Pacific Fund during the first quarter of this year.

The A-share fund will temporarily leave the Hong Kong Stock Exchange during the holidays. Who is making up the Hong Kong stock market?

In the past year, due to the suspension of the Hong Kong Stock Connect, A-share funds were unable to move southward during each round of holidays. as a result, Hong Kong stocks were often targeted during the holidays in the absence of funds for the Hong Kong Stock Connect. Now who is the long force of Hong Kong stocks rising so ferociously in the suspension of Hong Kong Stock Connect?

"CrashxspyroWe judge that the current Hong Kong stock market when the Hong Kong Stock Connect is suspended is mainly due to the continued bullish of foreign institutions and public QDII funds. " A fund manager in Shenzhen who has invested heavily in Hong Kong stocks through Hong Kong stocks believes that a large number of foreign institutions began to buy observation positions in the first quarter of this year, while the Hong Kong stock position of the QDII fund has been steadily increasing over the past three months, but since the Hong Kong stock position is still low among many public QDII positions, it also means that there is still plenty of room for this increase. Chinese reporters at the brokerage also noted that Yidu Technology, an AI medical model company whose market capitalization fell from HK $60 billion to HK $5 billion, released information on Hong Kong equity disclosure on April 24, showing that the international sovereign fund BIA increased its position in the stock to 53.6 million shares. As a result of the announcement on the evening of April 30, Tencent increased its stake in the technology marketing company that transformed to the AI track and enabled Weimeng Group to replenish about 900 million yuan.

Obviously, under the background that A-share funds are unable to move southward through the Hong Kong Stock Connect during the May Day period, the strong rise in Hong Kong stocks implies that the current Hong Kong stock market is not only optimistic about the trend of mainland public placement companies, the return of overseas funds is also consistent with mainland institutions. Feng Chencheng, an Internet fund manager for Hong Kong stocks Warburg Hong Kong stocks, believes that in terms of the pace of China's economic recovery, macro expectations are still a factor that disturbs investor sentiment at the molecular level. Data on the service industry and retail industry during the May Day period may become a point of view for foreign investors to observe China's macro-economy.

Industry insiders also stressed that the sharp rise in the technology index, which was suspended on May 2, reflects that the risk appetite of Hong Kong stocks has begun to increase significantly, and has shifted from the mainland public offering unilaterally optimistic about the market to the consistent atmosphere of A-share funds, Hong Kong stock funds, QDII funds and foreign institutions.

With regard to the Hong Kong stock market, especially technology stocks that have fallen for a year or even three years in a row, how do public funds view the belated AI market of Hong Kong stocks?

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