HSI Falls 253 pts; Financials WeakenHang Seng Index once tumbled up to 358 pts to 25,177 after opening down 134 pts this morning. The index last printed at 25,282, down 253 pts or 1%. Hang Seng China Enterprises Index fell 137 pts or 1.2% to 11,734. The market turnover amounted to $81.731 billion, less than $100 billion for five consecutive days.Hong Kong bourse traded with a narrowing turnover for consecutive days. HKEX (00388.HK)  -6.200 (-2.715%)    Short selling $234.57M; Ratio 11.552%   once touched the session-low of $220 and closed down 2.7%. The local Tech shares generally headed south, dragged down by lower-than-expected results reported by Apple, IBM, and Yahoo. TENCENT (00700.HK)  -2.100 (-1.341%)    Short selling $258.65M; Ratio 16.305%   dropped 1.3%. LENOVO GROUP (00992.HK)  -0.240 (-2.589%)    Short selling $137.89M; Ratio 30.720%   also slid 2.6%. KINGSOFT (03888.HK)  -0.850 (-3.712%)    Short selling $18.98M; Ratio 14.095%   and KINGDEE INT'L (00268.HK)  -0.170 (-4.057%)    Short selling $15.03M; Ratio 10.702%   collapsed 3.7% and 4.1% respectively."Apple Concept" stocks were under pressure after iPhone sales missed estimates, with FIH (02038.HK)  -0.180 (-3.982%)    Short selling $2.95M; Ratio 6.961%   , AAC TECH (02018.HK)  -3.050 (-6.854%)    Short selling $118.09M; Ratio 48.585%   , COWELL (01415.HK)  -0.530 (-7.840%)   and SUNNY OPTICAL (02382.HK)  -0.620 (-3.429%)    Short selling $18.68M; Ratio 20.694%   down 4%, 6.9%, 7.8% and 3.4%, separately.Financials weakened as HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK)  -0.700 (-0.988%)    Short selling $12.50M; Ratio 2.017%   receded 1% to $70.15 and AIA (01299.HK)  -0.650 (-1.275%)    Short selling $56.02M; Ratio 6.166%   went down 1.3%. Chinese financials hit the soft spot across the broad. Four biggest banks declined by 0.8%-1.4%. PING AN (02318.HK)  -0.700 (-0.719%)    Short selling $152.00M; Ratio 9.250%   and CHINA LIFE (02628.HK)  -0.050 (-0.157%)    Short selling $159.48M; Ratio 15.066%   decreased 0.7% and 0.2% respectively. NCI (01336.HK)  -1.400 (-3.608%)    Short selling $20.21M; Ratio 11.112%   and PICC GROUP (01339.HK)  -0.160 (-3.678%)    Short selling $92.18M; Ratio 33.079%   plunged 3.6% and 3.7%.

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