Afternoon comments on Hong Kong stocks: Hang Seng Index rose by 1.72%, Hang Seng Technology Index rose by 2.55%, Hong Kong stocks closed at noon, Hang Seng Index rose by 1.72% and Hang Seng Technology Index rose by 2.55%. Chinese brokerage stocks and consumer stocks were among the top gainers, with China Merchants Securities, Mengniu Dairy and Tongcheng Travel up over 7% and over 5% respectively.Extreme Vietnam insider: Xia Yiping still stays in the company's on-site office and is seeking financing. On the morning of the 12th, Xia Yiping, CEO of Extreme Vietnam, appeared in the company's headquarters office. Xia Yiping said that he appeared first to prove to employees that he had not run away, to tide over the difficulties with the company, and second to communicate with employees face to face. Network video shows that Xia Yiping is surrounded by many employees. The demands of employees mainly include paying social security, medical insurance and provident fund, paying wages and giving employees "N+1" compensation. Xia Yiping responded that knowing that everyone is very angry, everyone has followed us for so long, and I am very grateful. "These problems are being solved. Now I am communicating with you. If I escape, I will not come." Some employees in Vietnam confirmed this statement. "His main task at present is financing, and he is also actively contacting investors for help." Insiders revealed. (The Paper)New Zealand plans to modify the "golden visa" to attract wealthy immigrants, and the New Zealand government is planning to modify its so-called "golden visa" program to attract more wealthy immigrants to invest in New Zealand. The Active Investor Plus Visa has always attracted the rich to New Zealand, bringing an average of NZ $1 billion (US$ 580 million) to New Zealand every year, but it has been sluggish since the rules changed in 2022. According to the data of Immigration New Zealand, in the past two years, only 35 applications have been fully approved, equivalent to NZ $352 million in nominated investment funds. In an interview in Wellington on Thursday, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said, "We realized that the previous government changed these settings, and we saw a significant drop in the number of investors. You can expect to see our announcement in this regard in the next few weeks. "
This year, the amount of M&A transactions involving listed companies in Hong Kong has reached 38 billion US dollars, which has triggered a rare bidding war. This year is expected to be the busiest year for M&A transactions involving listed companies in Hong Kong in the past decade, with industries ranging from skin care products to logistics real estate, and the bidding war has also warmed up. It is reported that China Mobile's bid for Hongkong Broadband may face competition from American private equity firm I Squared Capital. Bi Hua, chairman of Fenmei Packaging, is negotiating with Qihao Capital to jointly counter the privatization offer of Shandong Xinjufeng. The data shows that the scale of M&A transactions for listed companies in Hong Kong has reached $38 billion this year, the highest level since 2017, including the merger of Guotai Junan Securities and Haitong Securities, a smaller competitor, to become the largest brokerage firm in China.Samsung has lowered its mobile phone production target to 229 million units next year. Samsung Electronics has set a mobile phone production target for 2025, and plans to produce about 229 million smartphones. This goal includes 179.4 million units produced by ourselves and 49.9 million units produced by joint design and manufacturing (JDM). Compared with the initial plan of 237 million units in October this year, this target has been lowered by 7-8 million units, only slightly higher than the shipment forecast for the whole year of 2024.Iflytek and other robot technology companies have a registered capital of 30 million yuan. According to Tianyancha App, Anhui Lingdong General Robot Technology Co., Ltd. was recently established with Hu Guoping as the legal representative and a registered capital of 30 million yuan. Its business scope includes industrial robot manufacturing, industrial robot sales, intelligent robot research and development, electrical equipment sales, computer software and hardware and auxiliary equipment retail, information system integration services, intelligent robot sales, mechanical equipment leasing, etc. According to shareholder information, the company is jointly held by Anhui Xunfei Yunchuang Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Iflytek (002230), Anhui Yanzhi Technology Co., Ltd. and Anhui Lingji Wanwu Technology Partnership (Limited Partnership).
Pakistan KSE-100 index rose 0.5% to 111,504.90.The passenger throughput of airports in Shanxi Province exceeded 20 million passengers. The reporter learned from Shanxi Aviation Industry Group Co., Ltd. on the 12th that as of December 10th, the passenger throughput of airports in Shanxi Province exceeded 20 million passengers, 14 days earlier than that in 2019, realizing a new leap-forward development. (China News Network)Citigroup: Pinduoduo, which operates retail platform Temu, is likely to continue to face short-term disadvantages. Maintain the neutral rating of ADR in Pinduoduo and set the target price of ADR in Pinduoduo at $125.00. Note: The latest ADR report in Pinduoduo is $103.42.