Market Updates
Middle East Tensions Keep China Investors On Edge
Li Chen
18 Jun, 2025
Hong Kong
Rapidly escalating Middle East tensions weighed on market sentiment in China and Hong Kong trading.
The Hang Seng index fell by more than 1%, the mainland-focused CSI 300 index decreased slightly, and crude oil prices edged higher.
Investors stayed on the sidelines amid rising prospects that the U.S. could join the next wave of Israeli attacks on Iran's nuclear infrastructure.
The Israel-Iran war entered its sixth day after Israel launched a wave of unilateral missile attacks on Iran's nuclear infrastructure, military sites, and key nuclear scientists and military personnel.
Iran threatened to shut down the oil shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz as Israel targeted more than 10 cities and ramped up its assaults on Tehran.
The early departure of the U.S. president from the two-day G7 summit in Canada stoked speculation that the U.S. is preparing to assist Israel in conducting attacks targeting underground nuclear infrastructure.
Chinese military experts warn that Israel's lack of evidence of Iran's advanced nuclear capabilities appears similar to discredited claims made before the Iraq War.
China Indexes and Stocks
The Hang Seng index decreased 1.2% to 23,694.42, and the CSI 300 index edged down 0.1% to 3,867.53.
Electric vehicle and parts makers traded down amid worries of rising macroeconomic uncertainty.
BYD decreased 0.1% to HK $128.90, Li Auto dropped 3.8% to HK $104.50, CATL declined 1.3% to HK $305.80, and Geely Automobile Holdings fell 0.7% to HK $16.24.
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