Shares of U.S.-listed Chinese tech firms Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA), Tencent Holdings (OTC: TCEHY), JD.Com (NASDAQ: JD), and Baidu Inc (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:BIDU) slid again in Hong Kong trading on Wednesday morning.
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | -0.66% |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd (HK:0700) | -0.22% |
| Baidu Inc | -0.64% |
| JD.com Inc | -1.08% |
What Happened: The benchmark Hang Seng index dropped to a one-month low, while its Asian peers traded on a muted note as worries ballooned over the impact of China's stringent COVID-19 curbs.
The International Monetary Fund recently downgraded China’s growth forecast to 4.4% from 4.8%, citing pain from its coronavirus restrictions. The country has seen a recent resurgence in infections.
Company In News: Tencent Cloud, the cloud business arm of Tencent, introduced Lighthouse, a one-stop cloud server service to help small and medium enterprises and developers build websites, apps, mini-programs, and other services.
JiDU, an automobile startup founded by Baidu and Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd (OTC: GELYF), on Tuesday released its first robot car concept that features a dual LiDAR autonomous driving system.
Meanwhile, e-commerce giant JD.com has delivered more than 100 robots to Shanghai for last-mile deliveries of personal protective equipment kits and other orders.
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