Singapore depository receipts allow investors to invest directly in overseas stocks through the SGX. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Competition is heating up in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) video-generation technology in China, after internet giant Tencent Holdings launched its new open-source HunyuanVideo-I2V model to developers.

Sentiment got a fillip after US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the country might offer a pathway for tariff relief on some imports from Mexico and Canada. Morgan Stanley and Nomura Holdings also said that China’s retaliatory tariffs on US agricultural products were less severe than expected, leaving the door open for negotiations.

SINGAPORE investors can now directly invest in three Hong Kong blue-chip stocks – Ping An Insurance, Meituan and Xiaomi – via newly launched Singapore Depository Receipts (SDRs). This broadens the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) thematic investment opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI),

Traders rotate out of stocks and into bonds on worries about entrenched inflation in the US and the Trump administration’s tariffs.

Alibaba shares surged more than seven percent in Hong Kong trade on Thursday after the Chinese tech giant launched an artificial intelligence model

Hong Kong aims to cut spending by slashing 10,000 civil service jobs in an effort to rein in a rising deficit, and plans a big AI push as it navigates headwinds from global economic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions and a weak property market.

Tencent gained even more and rival JD.com added 0.7 percent. The excitement over China’s tech sector has helped Hong Kong weather worries over Donald Trump’s latest tariff salvos against US ...

The Hang Seng index has surged nearly 14% this month, positioning it for its best monthly performance since September 2024. The rally has been particularly pronounced in Hong Kong-listed Chinese technology firms, which have embraced DeepSeek’s innovative AI solutions.

Investing.com-- Tencent’s artificial intelligence assistant Yuanbao on Tuesday surpassed DeepSeek in downloads in Apple’s App Store in China, while also becoming the most downloaded free app on the store.