** U.S.-listed Chinese stocks rise in premarket trading
after a call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader
Xi Jinping raises hopes of a potential easing of strained ties
between the world's two largest economies urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2QB6GE
** Shares in e-commerce giants Alibaba BABA.K and JD.com
JD.O , ride-hailing firm Didi DIDI.K , music streaming company
Tencent Music TME.N and electric car maker Nio Inc NIO.N up
between 0.8% and 2.5%
** E-commerce platform Pinduoduo PDD.O and mobile game
publisher Bilibili BILI.O up almost 2% each
** Invesco's Golden Dragon China ETF PGJ.O down 0.5% so
far this week after selloff earlier on concerns about tighter
regulation by Beijing on tech sector; ETF down ~26% YTD
(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar)
((sruthi.shankar@thomsonreuters.com;))