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PETROCHINA (00857.HK)   +0.260 (+2.368%)       Short selling $251.31M; Ratio 15.528%      is going to publish its interim results this Thursday. According to the estimates made by five brokers, the company's interim net profit is expected to range from RMB67.5 billion to RMB70.286 billion as compared to the year-ago net profit of RMB65.521 billion. Broker / Profit Forecast / Change (yoy) Deutsche Bank / RMB70.286 billion / +7.3% Citigroup / RMB69.291 billion / +5.8% BofA Merrill Lynch / RMB69.031 billion / +5.4% BNP Paribas / RMB67.722 billion / +3.4% BOC International / RMB67.5 billion / +3.0% Change (yoy): based on the net profit of RMB65.521 billion in 1H2013 (Quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2014-08-26 16:25.)

BofA Merrill Lynch, in its latest research report, maintained the Neutral rating for MTR CORPORATION (00066.HK)   -0.100 (-0.315%)       Short selling $8.61M; Ratio 8.318%      with target price lifted 3% to $32. Despite the public concern over the dealy in the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-HK Express Rail, the 1H results of MTR has shown the core advantage in HK retail/station rental. (Quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2014-08-26 16:25.)

H AAFN) -- China's stock markets ended higher on Friday. Shanghai Composite Index closed up 10.35 points, or 0.46 percent at 2,240.81, Shenzhen Component Index rose 48.69 points, or 0.61 percent, to end at 8,059.40, ChiNext index gained 13.84 points, or 0.96 percent, to finish at 1,461.72. *The information contained herein is for reference only and investors should refer to it at their own risk.

  By MARKETWATCH BEIJING--Factory activity in China weakened in August to a three-month low according to a closely watched manufacturing index, undercutting momentum as the world's second-largest economy struggles to find its feet. The preliminary HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index fell to 50.3 in August, compared with a final reading of 51.7 in July, HSBC Holdings PLC said Thursday. The government's competing index also measured 51.7 in July. The HSBC index tends to reflect the outlook among smaller private companies while the official index looks more closely at larger state-owned companies. A reading above 50 indicates expansion from the previous month, while a reading below 50 indicates contraction. "Today's data suggest that the economic recovery is still continuing, but its momentum has slowed again," HSBC economist Qu Hongbin said in a statement. "Therefore, industrial demand and investment activity growth will

Bank of America Settlement Will Settle Nothing BY  Dan Freed Follow | 08/20/14 - 06:05 PM EDT Comment Link Find out if ( BAC ) is in Cramer's Portfolio. NEW YORK ( TheStreet ) --  Bank of America's   ( BAC _ )  much-anticipated settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over fraudulent mortgage securities the bank sold to investors is less punitive than the $17 billion price tag suggests and does not address the wrongs it purports to remedy. According to the  Associated Press , the settlement could be announced as soon as Thursday. As was the case with a $13 billion  JPMorgan Chase    ( JPM _ )  settlement in November and a $7 billion settlement with  Citigroup    ( C _ )  last month, the Bank of America settlement will include a multibillion non-cash component.  While the $10 billion cash figure being reported by the wire service is higher than the $9 billion that sources described to  TheStreet   earlier this month , it nonetheless would gi

Last 1.700 Range 1.640 - 1.700 Chg   0.020 Chg(%)   1.190% Volume 160.00K Market Cap 1.09B Turnover 265.20K EPS N/A P/E Ratio N/A Yield N/A Lot Size 8000 52 WK 1.300 - 2.000 Latest Quote More>> Symbol Last Chg Chg(%) 08315.HK 1.700 +0.020 +1.190%    Chart A Share 2 : N/A Last(HKD) 2 : N/A Premium(%) 2 : N/A ADR Share 2 : N/A Last(HKD) 2 : N/A Premium(%) 2 : N/A Recent Dividend Info More Dividend Info    No information found

BANKCOMM (03328.HK)   -0.100 (-1.730%)         Short selling $12.22M; Ratio 8.119%        announced that its net profit rose 5.59% year-on-year to RMB36.773 billion in the first six months of 2014. EPS was RMB0.5. No dividend was declared. During the period, net interest income grew 3.39% to RMB67.211 billion. Net interest spread and net interest margin were 2.2% and 2.39%, down 19 bps and 17 bps from a year ago, respectively. Net fee and commission income rose 13% to RMB15.701 billion.  Tier-1 capital adequacy ratio and core tier-1 capital adequacy ratio improved 0.94 ppt from the end of last year to 10.7%. Impaired loans ratio lifted from 1.05% at end-2013 to 1.13%. Provision coverage dropped 9.49 ppt from end-2013 to 204.16%.  As at the end of June, the group's non-performing loan ratio increased from 1.05% to 1.13%. (Quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2014-08-21 16:25.)

67.450 +0.750 +1.124% 5.14M 345.52M 28.10 N/A 3.81% 170.41B 00003.HK HK & CHINA GAS 18.360 +0.560 +3.146% 28.73M 524.06M 25.61 3.52 1.91% 193.07B 00004.HK WHARF HOLDINGS 61.450 +1.650 +2.759% 6.59M 401.40M 6.34 N/A 2.77% 186.20B 00005.HK HSBC HOLDINGS 82.800 -0.170 -0.205% 10.17M 842.00M 12.71 1.07 4.59% 1,585.42B 00006.HK POWER ASSETS 74.500 +1.400 +1.915% 4.29M 319.77M 14.24 1.30 3.42% 159.00B 00011.HK HANG SENG BANK 132.200 +0.400 +0.303% 1.62M 213.66M 9.48 2.31 4.16% 252.75B 00012.HK HENDERSON LAND 51.050 +1.050 +2.100% 5.12M 262.05M 8.55 0.62 2.08% 153.15B 00013.HK HUTCHISON 106.100 +1.200 +1.144% 10.74M 1.13B 14.53 1.08 2.17% 452.34B 00016.HK SHK PPT 118.200 +0.700 +0.596% 5.20M 612.99M 7.74 0.79 2.83% 322.13B 00017.HK NEW WORLD DEV 9.890 +0.090 +0.918% 23.10M 227.84M 4.61 0.44 3.99% 85.69B