HK stocks fall as Samsung chip result weighs on region

Mainland stocks ended lower on Thursday as a deepening selloff in tech shares overshadowed the US Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates unchanged. In Hong Kong, the benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 136 points, or 0.6 percent, to 22,958 on turnover of HK$189.45 billion. The tech index dived 109 points, or 2.8 percent, to 3,744 while the China Enterprises Index slipped 35 points, or 0.5 percent, to 7,755. On the mainland, the Shanghai Composite Index closed down 30 points, or 0.82 percent, at 3,651 on turnover of 715.62 billion yuan while the blue-chip CSI300 index fell one percent. The Shenzhen Component Index plunged 334 points, or 2.92 percent, to 11,138 on turnover of 840.89 billion yuan while tech shares were among the main drags, with the startup board ChiNext Composite index ChiNext Index diving 117 points, or 4.45 percent, to 2,517 on turnover of 419.35 billion yuan. Shanghai's tech-focused Star50 index tumbled 4.3 percent to notch the weakest close since September 2025. CSI 5G communications, which tracks 5G communications companies, plunged 7.4 percent. Robot maker Yushu Technology, also known as Unitree, slumped 4.8 percent after its third-quarter net profit fell despite revenue rising 70 percent from a year earlier in its first earnings report since...