** U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies rise in premarket
trading on hopes of more stimulus to the Chinese economy after
the People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut a few key policy rates
this week
** China's blue-chip index .CSI300 and Hong Kong's Hang
Seng Index .HIS closed 1% higher each .SS
** E-commerce firms Alibaba Group Holding BABA.N , JD.com
Inc JD.O and PDD Holdings Inc PDD.O rise between 1.4% and
2.3%
** Gaming stocks Bilibili Inc BILI.O and NetEase Inc
NTES.O add 1.2% and 1.7%, respectively
** EV firm Nio Inc NIO.N jumps 3.6% after launching its
first smart electric touring vehicle; rivals Li Auto Inc LI.O
and Xpeng Inc XPEV.N gain 0.7% and 1.8%, respectively
** Music streaming co Tencent Music Entertainment Group
TME.N and online video platform IQIYI Inc IQ.O rise 0.8% and
0.4%, respectively, while social media co Weibo Corp WB.O and
live streaming platform Huya Inc HUYA.N climb 0.8% and 3.4%,
respectively
** Online education firms Gaotu Techedu Inc GOTU.N , TAL
Education Group TAL.N and New Oriental Education & Technology
Group Inc EDU.N up 1.2% - 3.8%
** Online brokerages Futu Holdings Ltd FUTU.O and UP
Fintech Holding Ltd TIGR.O advance 1.4% and 0.9%, respectively
** China ETFs such as IShares MSCI China ETF MCHI.O , China
Large-Cap ETF FXI.N and KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF
KWEB.K gain 0.7% - 1.1%, while Direxion China CSI Daily Bull
2X CWEB.K advances 2.5%
(Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru)
((Shashwat.Chauhan@thomsonreuters.com;))