HK Hot Stocks - China Mobile slides, Li & Fung jumps
HONG KONG, Aug 12 (Reuters) - At 0220 GMT, the Hang Seng Index .HSI was down 0.1 percent at 21,841.53 led by a 2.5 percent drop by index heavyweight China Mobile (0941.HK)
The stock fell below HK$100 for the first time in nearly a year on Monday as investors fretted about the company's earnings growth amid slowing economic growth in China and regulatory uncertainties. Citigroup & UBS cut their earnings estimates and target price on the stock on Monday.
The China Enterprises Index .HSCE of top locally listed Chinese firms had slipped 0.3 percent tracking a 1.5 percent drop on the Shanghai bourse.
Here are some of the stocks on the move in early trade.
* Shares in Li & Fung (0494.HK) jumped 5 percent ahead of its first half earnings announcement on Wednesday.
The company, which supplies consumer products to the likes of Wal-Mart Inc. (WMT.N), is tracking a sharp rally in U.S. retail stocks on hopes that lower fuel prices will boost consumer spending.
* Lower oil prices also sent shares in Cathay Pacific (0293.HK) soaring 4 percent. The airline is expected to cut flights on some routes in a bid to control surging fuel bills.
* Gold miner Zijin Mining (2899.HK) tumbled 5.8 percent as the price of the precious metal fell to its lowest in nearly eight months on Tuesday on a rising U.S. dollar.
(Reporting by Parvathy Ullatil; Editing by Dominic whiting)
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