Vale Stock Price Slips as China Iron Ore Stockpiles Hit Record High
Shares of Vale dropped 1.4% to 76.04 reais in Sao Paulo on Thursday. Over in New York, its U.S.-listed ADRs slipped as well, last quoted at $14.63.
Alibaba Stock Falls After Earnings Miss as AI Cloud Growth Fails to Offset China Price War
Alibaba shares slipped Thursday, with the Chinese tech giant’s latest results missing Wall Street’s revenue and net income forecasts. Swift gains in cloud and AI haven’t yet mended margin pressure in the company’s main commerce segment. U.S.-listed ADRs dropped around 1.6% ahead of the open.
NIO Stock Jumps After First Quarterly Profit as Strong Forecast Tests China EV Skeptics
NIO swung to its first-ever quarterly net profit on Tuesday, sending its U.S.-listed stock surging 15.2%. The Shanghai EV manufacturer logged net profit of 282.7 million yuan for the fourth quarter, rebounding from a 7.11 billion yuan loss a year ago. The company also projected a strong leap in first-quarter deliveries and revenue.
Shanghai Stock Exchange Weekly Wrap: 10-Year High Fades as Iran Risk, Muted China Policy Signals Hit Stocks
Shanghai’s rally fizzled. After touching a decade peak on Monday, the Shanghai Composite retreated, closing Friday at 4,124.19—down 0.9% from last week’s 4,162.88—amid renewed geopolitical jitters.
Lithium price today: Albemarle, SQM drop as China spot market stays choppy
Lithium producers took a hit Thursday, with Albemarle losing 3.4% and Chile’s SQM down 3.2% by midday in New York. The sector’s under pressure again, as traders react to another sharp swing in China pricing.
Hong Kong’s 2,000-Tonne Gold Vault Plan Gets Fresh Incentives as China Eyes Bullion Pricing Power
Hong Kong plans to introduce specific incentives aimed at attracting gold refiners and other precious-metals companies, focusing on overseas certifications and cross-border trading, according to InvestHK’s Benjamin Wong Kwok-fan on Thursday. “The purpose is to assist those setting up refineries in Hong Kong that haven’t yet obtained LBMA certification,” Wong said, pointing to London Bullion Market Association standards as the benchmark for wholesale bullion transactions. The city is looking to team up with the Shanghai Gold Exchange and regulators in Shenzhen to facilitate trade between Hong Kong merchants and qualified mainland refiners, with ambitions covering everything from ETF-linked products to tokenised gold.
Fortescue share price sinks 4.5% as iron ore turns choppy and China’s policy week looms
Fortescue Ltd finished Tuesday at A$19.58, down 4.49%, after touching a session low of A$19.54. BHP Group dropped 2.62%, while Rio Tinto slipped 2.40%.
Rio Tinto share price rises in London as iron ore dips ahead of China policy week
Rio Tinto shares in London edged up 0.6% to 7,379 pence as of 0841 GMT on Monday, shrugging off a minor slip in iron ore futures.
HKEX stock week ahead: IPO restart and China policy calendar set the tone for 0388.HK share price
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing starts the week with investors zeroing in on a single question: will the IPO pipeline keep humming after the Lunar New Year break?
Shenzhen Stock Exchange week ahead: PBOC’s yuan brake and “Two Sessions” policy signals in focus
China’s central bank will scrap its 20% risk-reserve requirement on FX forward contracts starting March 2, in a move designed to cool the yuan’s sharp gains as exporters warn of mounting pressure. “It means the PBOC is intervening as the yuan’s appreciation is too fast,” said Yuan Tao, analyst at Orient Futures. The currency has climbed over 7% since last April, with an increasing number of listed companies reporting exchange-rate related profit hits.
Shanghai Stock Exchange week ahead: Two Sessions and PMI loom after Shanghai Composite ends Friday higher
The Politburo in China is urging policymakers to get “more proactive and effective” with their approach, pushing for stronger coordination—an agenda that’s putting Shanghai stocks on alert this week as market participants try to parse what’s next on fiscal support and growth. This call followed official figures showing a 5.0% economic expansion for 2025, and lands just as Beijing gears up to draft documents for the next five-year plan along with the government work report.
Shanghai Composite ends week higher after Lunar New Year — what to watch on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
Shanghai’s benchmark index wrapped up the shortened holiday week with a 0.39% climb on Friday, settling at 4,162.88. Since trading kicked back in on Feb. 24 after the Lunar New Year break, the Shanghai Composite has added roughly 1.1%.
PLS Group share price jumps 8% as China lithium futures pop, restart plan back in focus
PLS Group Ltd closed out Tuesday with an 8.0% jump to A$4.72, having touched lows of A$4.41 and highs of A$4.73 during the session. The company’s market cap hovered at roughly A$15.2 billion. Investors now look ahead to the next quarterly report slated for April 16.
BHP share price ends near $55 as dividend dates loom and China iron ore talks drag on
BHP Group finished Tuesday up 1.4% at A$54.75, not far off its 52-week peak after hitting an intraday high of A$55.33. The mining giant now carries a market cap around A$278 billion.
BYD stock (002594.SZ) set for a tariff test as Shenzhen trading reopens next week
BYD’s Shenzhen-listed shares are set to react to the latest U.S. trade jolt—this time after the Supreme Court dismantled a key Trump-era tariff measure—once local markets reopen. Mainland exchanges remain on Spring Festival break; trading in both Shanghai and Shenzhen picks up again Feb. 24.
Lithium price holds at 145,000 yuan as Albemarle-led rally faces post-holiday test
Lithium carbonate prices in China stayed flat on Monday, battery-grade quoted at 145,000 yuan per tonne. With U.S. markets shut for a holiday, traders sat tight, looking to Tuesday for moves in lithium-related stocks.
Lithium price rises in China, but Albemarle stock sinks after Kemerton plant goes idle
Albemarle shares fell 6.8% to $163.50 on Thursday after the company said it would idle the remaining operating “train,” or processing unit, at its Kemerton lithium hydroxide plant in Western Australia, effective immediately. Chief executive Kent Masters said “recent lithium price improvements” were “not enough” to offset the strain on “Western hard-rock lithium conversion operations.”
Nvidia stock rises in premarket as Samsung ships HBM4 memory chips; China rules in focus
Nvidia edged up nearly 1% ahead of the bell Thursday, with the stock priced at $191.87 after closing at $190.05 the day before. The move came on word from Samsung Electronics that it’s begun delivering its latest HBM4 memory chips—crucial for Nvidia’s AI accelerators. Samsung’s chip division head, Song Jai-hyuk, described customer feedback as “very satisfactory.”
Lithium price today holds near 136,000 yuan as China buying slows; miners lean on floor deals
Spot lithium carbonate prices edged up in China on Tuesday. The SMM battery-grade index hit 134,406 yuan per metric ton, with battery-grade spot trades assessed between 132,000 and 140,000 yuan—an average of 136,000. Futures action was muted; the most-traded lithium carbonate contract barely moved. SMM described spot market activity as sluggish, citing thinner downstream demand and slower logistics.
China Mobile stock slides after Goldman Sachs downgrade as 5G build outlook cools
China Mobile Ltd dropped 2.1% to HK$78.50 at Monday’s close, after Goldman Sachs pulled its rating to “Neutral” from “Buy” and slashed the target to HK$88—down from HK$105. The brokerage flagged signs of cooling in 5G telecoms services growth, noting its latest checks show new 5G base-station rollouts could slow to 540,000 in 2026 and 500,000 in 2027, which would be 8% and 7% lower, respectively, year-on-year.