A-shares fluctuated and rose, the ChiNext index turned positive first, lithium stocks surged, "Ning King" market value approached 2 trillion yuan, Hang Seng Tech Index fell 1%, Alibaba and Tencent dropped 2%.
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On April 13, after opening lower in the early session, the A-shares rebounded and oscillated, with the Shenzhen Component and ChiNext indices turning positive, and the Shanghai Composite narrowing its decline. Lithium mining and salt lake lithium extraction concept stocks collectively surged, CATL continued to climb, with its market value approaching 2 trillion yuan. GPU, advanced packaging and other concept stocks were active. Shipping, energy equipment, and precious metals sectors adjusted.
Hong Kong stocks opened lower and trended down, with the Hang Seng Index and Hang Seng Tech Index both down more than 1%. Most tech internet stocks declined, Tencent and Alibaba down 2%, Baidu down over 3%. Bonds: Treasury futures rose across the board. Commodities: Most domestic commodities rose, with crude oil, fuel oil, and shipping index leading the gains.
A-shares: As of press time, the Shanghai Composite was down 0.38%, Shenzhen Component up 0.02%, ChiNext up 0.32%.
Hong Kong stocks: As of press time, Hang Seng Index down 1.39%, Hang Seng Tech Index down 1.05%.
Bond market: Treasury futures rose across the board. As of press time, the 30-year main contract was up 0.22%, 10-year up 0.04%, 5-year up 0.04%, 2-year up 0.02%.
Commodities: Most domestic commodity futures rose. As of press time, crude oil and fuel oil futures were up 3%, container shipping index up more than 2%, lithium carbonate, polysilicon, methanol, rapeseed, stainless steel up 1%. Eggs, bitumen, manganese silicon, copper, iron ore, aluminum, glass, soybean meal, propylene, industrial silicon, coking coal also rose. Rebar, coke, alumina declined. Gold, silver, pulp, palladium were down more than 1%. Platinum, tin, rubber, caustic soda down more than 2%.
09:41
CPO concept stocks surged, Raisecom hit limit up, Shijia Photon up more than 8% to a record high, Fiberhome, Yuanjie Technology, Heshengchang, Zhili Cube, Shenghong Technology followed suit.
On the news side, Lumentum CEO Michael Hurlston said on Friday that tech giants' demand for the company's optical components is accelerating, and it won't be long before the 2028 production capacity is sold out.
09:38
CATL strengthened during the session, stock price hit a record high, latest at 430 yuan/share, total market value nearly 2 trillion yuan.
09:34
Liquid cooling server concept stocks repeatedly strengthened, Xinpeng shares hit 3 consecutive limit-ups, Kangsheng shares hit 2, Shenyu shares, Shenling Environment, Qiangrui Technology, Siquan New Material followed.
On the news side, on April 16, 2026, the 4th Data Center Liquid Cooling Technology Conference will be grandly held in Shenzhen. The conference will focus on building the liquid cooling full-stack ecosystem, 800V high-voltage DC power architecture, AI chip thermal design and other key topics. Guohai Securities estimates that the overall market size of liquid cooling in data centers may reach $16.5 billion (about ¥116.2 billion RMB) in 2026, with CAGR about 59% for 2025-2026.
09:32
Rare earth permanent magnet concept stocks were active at market open, Jiaozuo Wanfang hit limit up, Jiuling Technology, Baotou Steel, Dadi Xiong, Northern Rare Earth, Shenghe Resources followed suit.
On the news side, on April 10, Baotou Steel and Northern Rare Earth announced an increase in the Q2 2026 rare earth concentrate related transaction price, up 44.61% quarter-on-quarter. This means that their rare earth concentrate transaction prices have been rising for seven consecutive quarters since the fourth quarter of 2024.
09:31
Optical fiber concept stocks continued to adjust in early trading, Huiyuan Communication opened at limit-down, FarSheng opened down nearly 8%, Xinneng Taishan, Te Fa Info, Yangtze Optical Fiber, Tongding Interconnect led the declines.
09:26
Shanghai Composite opened down 0.38%, ChiNext down 0.42%. Precious metals, communication equipment, stablecoins, high-speed copper connection concepts led the declines; rare earths, oil and gas stocks strengthened.
09:21
Hang Seng Index opened down 0.71%, Hang Seng Tech Index down 0.69%. Tech stocks led the declines, Baidu down over 3% leading blue chips; oil and gas stocks bucked the trend, CNOOC up over 1%.
09:01
Commodity futures market opening: crude oil, European line container shipping main contracts up over 5%, plastics, LU fuel oil, LPG, fuel oil up over 3%. Platinum down over 3%, BR rubber, PTA, caustic soda, No. 20 rubber, live pig, palladium, lithium carbonate, gold down over 1%.
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