PRE-MARKET CHINESE STOCKS NEWS: China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group (708 HK) reports H1 (CNY) net 185.72mln; FY25 (CNY) net loss 891mln, FY24 (CNY) net 6.27bln

The Evergrande NEV print is the lead item, and the sequence matters: a small positive half-year net figure sitting against a full-year loss, with the prior-year comparison having swung from a large profit to a loss.

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PRE-MARKET CHINESE STOCKS NEWS: China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group (708 HK) reports H1 (CNY) net 185.72mln; FY25 (CNY) net loss 891mln, FY24 (CNY) net 6.27bln

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China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group (708 HK) - Co. reports H1 (CNY) net 185.72mln; FY25 (CNY) net loss 891mln, FY24 (CNY) net 6.27bln. (Newswires)

Prudential (2378 HK) - UBS Group AG crossed the 5% voting-rights threshold in the Co. and holds 5.118% including financial instruments. (Newswires)

Z.AI (2513 HK) - Co. reportedly raised its end-2026 ARR target by 25% to USD 3bln. (Newswires)

Zijin Mining Group (2899 HK) - Co.’s wholly owned subsidiary Zijin Xiamen Equity entered into a partnership agreement with Xiamen Puquan, Kunkun Investment and other partners to participate as a limited partner in the Shidai Shenyuan Fund. (Newswires)

HKMA

HKMA raised its base rate by 25bps to 4.25%, as expected, as the central bank moves in lockstep with the Fed to defend the USD/HKD peg.

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US Treasury Secretary Bessent said the US is open to discussing shared risks with China in upcoming AI talks this weekend. (Newswires)

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Context

Numbers of this kind from distressed property-linked vehicle names have historically been driven more by one-off items, impairments and restructuring accounting than by underlying volumes, so the mix between operating and non-operating lines is the first thing to scrutinise when the filing details arrive. The broader pre-market bundle is characteristic of the Asian session: a mechanical HKMA move in lockstep with the Fed, which by design transmits nothing new to the HKD peg, and a series of single-name corporate items, the UBS threshold crossing in Prudential and the Zijin fund participation, that tend to matter for the individual names rather than the tape. The US-China AI talks headline fits the recurring pattern where such dialogues set tone for risk sentiment ahead of the session rather than delivering substance on the day. The follow-ons are the detailed Evergrande NEV filing, any read-across to the distressed China property complex, and headlines from the weekend AI discussions.

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