** U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies rise in premarket
trading after People's Bank of China lowered short-term policy
lending rate
** Also, Bloomberg reports, citing unnamed sources, China is
considering at least a dozen stimulus measures to support areas
such as real estate and domestic demand
** E-commerce firms Alibaba Group Holding BABA.N , JD.com
Inc JD.O and Pinduoduo Inc PDD.O add between 1.9% and 2.5%
** Gaming stocks Bilibili Inc BILI.O surges 3.5% and
NetEase Inc NTES.O up 2.6%, while search engine giant Baidu
Inc BIDU.O adds 4.7%
** EV firms Li Auto Inc LI.O , Nio Inc NIO.N and Xpeng
Inc XPEV.N gain between 0.6% and 4.3%
** Music streaming co Tencent Music Entertainment Group
TME.N and online video platform IQIYI Inc IQ.O rise 1.4% and
2.8%, respectively, while social media co Weibo Corp WB.O up
2.7% and live streaming platform Huya Inc HUYA.N up 3.17%
** Online education firms Gaotu Techedu Inc GOTU.N , TAL
Education Group TAL.N and New Oriental Education & Technology
Group Inc EDU.N up 0.6%-2.0%
** Online brokerages Futu Holdings Ltd FUTU.O and UP
Fintech Holding Ltd TIGR.O gain 1.8% and 1.6%, 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 1.1%-2.4%, while Direxion China CSI Daily Bull 2X
CWEB.K advances 5.2%
(Reported by Shubham Batra in Bengaluru)