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HSI Rises 12 pts; HKEX Jumps 5.6% Hang Seng Index concluded the day trading higher by 12 pts or 0.06% to 20,684. Hang Seng China Enterprises Index advanced 45 pts or 0.5% to 8,928. Market turnover amounted to $80.125 billion. HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK)    +0.300 (+0.600%)       Short selling $43.24M; Ratio 7.256%      rose 0.6%. CHINA MOBILE (00941.HK)    -0.700 (-0.823%)       Short selling $359.97M; Ratio 25.466%      and TENCENT (00700.HK)    +0.200 (+0.127%)       Short selling $709.87M; Ratio 24.160%      ticked up 0.8% and 0.1%. In addition, STANCHART (02888.HK)    +3.750 (+7.346%)       Short selling $28.00M; Ratio 6.363%      escalated 7.3% to $54.8. HENDERSON LAND (00012.HK)    +0.600 (+1.254%)       Short selling $51.73M; Ratio 17.771%      is scheduled to release its annual results today and the company convened a press conference. The stock added 1.3% to close at $48.45. HENDERSON INV (00097.HK)    +0.010 (+1.493%)      and HK & CHINA GAS (00003.HK)    +0.120 (+0.846%)

CHINA UNICOM Annual Net Profit Down 12.38% to RMB10.562B; Final Div. RMB0.17 CHINA UNICOM (00762.HK)    -0.080 (-0.867%)     Short selling $70.38M; Ratio 35.673%    announced the annual results for year ended December 2015. Net profit fell 12.38% yearly to RMB10.562 billion. EPS equaled RMB0.44; a final dividend of RMB0.17 was declared. Meanwhile, the turnover fell 2.68% yearly to RMB277.049 billion. Of which, service income was RMB235.28 billion, down 3.9% yearly. EBITDA was RMB87.5 billion, down 5.7% yearly. 

HSI Falls 31 pts; Oil Stocks Soften The market is taking a wait-and-see attitude to the U.S. Fed meeting results. The central parity of RMB retreated 93 pts today. Hong Kong market receded after early gains. Hang Seng Index peaked at 20,383 but retreated before the midday. It hit the bottom at 20,168 and last traded at 20,257, down 31 pts or 0.15%. Hang Seng China Enterprises Index dropped 34 pts or 0.4% to 8,571. The market turnover amounted to $58.66 billion. Two Sessions came to a close. The Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said the central government would strive to launch Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect this year. Shanghai and Shenzhen markets traded mixed. HKEX (00388.HK)    -0.500 (-0.287%)     Short selling $98.60M; Ratio 21.383%    edged down 0.3%. HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK)    -0.350 (-0.697%)     Short selling $97.11M; Ratio 14.500%    and AIA (01299.HK)    -0.250 (-0.588%)     Short selling $197.14M; Ratio 23.083%    slid 0.7% and 0.6%. The former sank below the level