** Chinese companies' US-listed shares rise premarket,
tracking gains in mainland stocks after Chinese Premier Li Qiang
expressed confidence in an economic recovery, while data showed
Oct services activity expanded at fastest pace in three months
** Shanghai Composite .SSEC closed up 2.32% and blue-chip
CSI 300 .CSI300 jumped 2.53%, ending at four-week highs .SS
** Alibaba BABA.N , JD.com JD.O and PDD Holdings PDD.O
gain 2%-3%
** EV firms Li Auto LI.O climbs 2%, Nio NIO.N up 3% and
Xpeng XPEV.N races nearly 5%
** Gaming stock Bilibili BILI.O climbs 4.7%, search engine
giant Baidu BIDU.O rises 2.3%, video platform iQIYI IQ.O
surges 5.7%
** Tencent Music TME.N and Weibo WB.O both up 2.7%
** Chinese ETFs such as iShares MSCI China ETF MCHI.O
advances 2.7%, KraneShares CSI China ETF KWEB.P up 2.9% and
iShares China Large-Cap ETF FXI.P climbs 2.5%
(Reporting by Sukriti Gupta in Bengaluru)
((Sukriti.Gupta@thomsonreuters.com;))