At the midday break, the Hang Seng Index recorded a 1.43% increase, with the Hang Seng TECH Index surging ahead by an even larger margin of 1.82%. Leading the gains were the retail, healthcare, and paper sectors. iMedLab's share price soared by over 23%, while Alibaba Health and JD Health witnessed gains of more than 8% and 4%, respectively. Yangguang Paper also performed robustly, registering an increase of more than 2%. Conversely, the electrical equipment, consumer services, and machinery sectors lagged behind, with China Cultural Tourism Agriculture slipping by over 7%, and Risen Energy and CRRC Times Electric declining by more than 4% and 3%, respectively. Prior to the midday break, southbound funds made a net purchase of HK$6.76 billion.
