Today Market
> U.S.: DJ 26150 -190 (-0.72%), S&P 2878 -17 (-0.61%), NASDAQ 7909 -44 (-0.56%).
Oil futures US$63.98 -$0.42 (-0.65%).
Gold futures US$1308.3 +$6.4 (+0.49%).
> HSI 30157 +80 (+0.27%), HSCSI 11815 +21 (+0.18%), T/O HK$114.18B -6% DOD.
SHORT SELL 12.2% VS PRIOR 12.4%.
Mainland traders buy net US$19.0m H.K. Shares via stock connect.

Stock News
* Guotai Junan Intl (2611 HK), to place 194m new shrs @HK$16.34 apiece (7.4% disc to prev close) raising HK$3.17b.
* New High Edu (2001 HK), to place 110m shrs @HK$3.57 apiece (9.1% disc to prev close) raising HK$392.7m.
* Guangzhou Auto (2238 HK), March vehcile sales 182,760 units -0.3% yoy, Jan-Mar unit sales -2.69% yoy.
* Geely Auto (175 HK), Volvo is exploring closer ties with shareholder Geely in China.
* Wynn Macau (1128 HK), its parent terminates talks to acquire Crown for ~A$1bn.
* Citic Securities (6030 HK), March profit 1.38b yuan vs 887m yuan year ago.
* Longyuan Power (916 HK), March power generation rises about 4% on yr.
* StanChart (2888 HK), to pay US$1.1b sanctions fine in U.S. To end probes of Iran business.

Financial News
* Europe claims progress in prodding China to open its market.
* China car slump persists with sales plunging for 10th month.
* China to review tariffs on U.S. distiller grains: Reuters
* IMF cut global GDP growth to 3.3% from 3.5%, third time cut over past 6mths.