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HK Short Interest Weekly: Alibaba, Tencent, Kingboard Laminates, Knowledge Atlas, CCB, Yofc, ICBC

18 Jul 2026 By Ke Yan, CFA, FRM
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Abstract: We analyzed the latest HK SFC short position report as of July 10th, covering aggregate short interest across Hong Kong-listed equities. The aggregate short value increased by $3,848m (+2.9%) week-on-week and by $1,361m (+1.0%) over the preceding four weeks. On the short increase side, Alibaba (9988 HK) led with a surge of +$928m (+60.8% WoW), followed by Tencent (700 HK) at +$657m (+20.2%), Lenovo (992 HK) at +$600m (+19.0%), Xiaomi (1810 HK) at +$546m (+12.7%), and CCB (939 HK) at +$269m (+21.5%). On the short cover side, Kingboard Laminates (1888 HK) saw the largest reduction at -$551m (-36.8% WoW), followed by Knowledge Atlas (2513 HK) at -$341m (-23.6%), Catl (3750 HK) at -$296m (-9.0%), and Yofc (6869 HK) at -$212m (-25.2%).

KNOWLEDGE ATLAS (2513 HK) ALIBABA (9988 HK) CCB (939 HK) KINGBOARD LAMINATES (1888 HK) TENCENT (700 HK) YOFC (6869 HK)

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KNOWLEDGE ATLAS, ALIBABA, CCB, KINGBOARD LAMINATES, TENCENT, YOFC

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A weekly review of Hong Kong short positions, based on the aggregate short position report the SFC publishes. Each issue tabulates the largest increases and decreases in short value over one week and four weeks, and the most shorted stocks by value, then picks out the names where positioning moved most. All issues of HK Short Interest Weekly →

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