** U.S.-listed shares of Chinese firms fall premarket as the
Saturday news conference in Beijing left investors guessing the
overall size of the stimulus package
** Finance Minister Lan Foan reiterated Beijing's broad
plans to revive the ailing economy, promising significant
increases to government debt and support for consumers and
property sector
** China's financial markets have been on a rollercoaster
ride since late September when policymakers unveiled stimulus
measures
** E-commerce firms Alibaba Group Holding BABA.N down
1.4%, JD.com JD.O down 0.5% and PDD Holdings PDD.O 1.9%
lower
** EV firms Nio NIO.N slips 1.4%, Xpeng XPEV.N drops 4%
** Gaming stock Bilibili BILI.O down 2.3%, search engine
giant Baidu BIDU.O declines 2.1%, online video platform iQIYI
IQ.O down 2.3%
** Music streaming company Tencent Music Entertainment Group
TME.N falls 1.8%, social media platform Weibo WB.O slips
1.6%
** Shanghai Composite .SSEC closed 2.1% higher, blue-chip
CSI300 .CSI300 rose 1.9%, while Hang Seng .HSI was down 0.8%
** Chinese ETFs such as iShares MSCI China ETF MCHI.O down
1.2%, KraneShares CSI China ETF KWEB.P drops 2.1% and iShares
China Large-Cap ETF FXI.P declines 1.02%
(Reporting by Sukriti Gupta)
((Sukriti.Gupta@thomsonreuters.com;))