On August 31, CICC fell 3.58% in regular trading, trading at HK$22.02/share, with turnover of HK$111 million. The decline came amid broad-based selling across Hong Kong-listed brokerage stocks following hawkish signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve.

On the news front, Fed Chair Wosh delivered a clearly hawkish speech at the Jackson Hole symposium on August 28, stating the central bank would continue tightening policy if inflation fails to return to the 2% target quickly. Market pricing for a September rate hike surged from 35% to 55%, while the 2-year U.S. Treasury yield jumped sharply, pressuring global risk assets. Within the Investment Banking and Brokerage sector, CITIC SEC fell 2.41%, CGS dropped 2.14%, and BRIGHT SMART declined 2.22%, reflecting broad sector weakness. Additionally, BlackRock recently reduced its CICC H-share holdings to 4.59%, further weighing on sentiment.

Notably, CICC had reported strong interim results on August 28, with first-half net profit attributable to shareholders of RMB 8.199 billion, up 89.35% year-over-year, and Q2 standalone net profit surging 101.98%. The company also announced a RMB 4.2 billion capital injection into its overseas subsidiary CICC International, and its proposed merger with Dongxing Securities and Cinda Securities was approved by the SSE restructuring committee on August 27.

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