Alibaba stock today: BABA in focus as Baidu AI-chip IPO filing lifts China tech mood
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s Hong Kong-listed shares were firmer on Friday after Baidu said its AI chip unit Kunlunxin confidentially filed a listing application with the Hong Kong stock exchange. The filing paves the way for a spin-off and IPO — a company’s first sale of shares to the public — in a sector China is trying to build up as Washington tightens export restrictions on advanced chips.