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On January 13th, Daiwa Securities issued a report raising its target price for WuXi Biologics (02269.HK) from HK$35.5 to HK$42, maintaining a "Buy" rating. The bank raised its 2025-2027 EPS forecasts for WuXi Biologics by 1% to 5%, based on expected increases in new projects and continued operating expense leverage. It also raised its 2028-2032 revenue forecasts by 3% to 7%, based on project growth trends. Daiwa noted that WuXi Biologics added 128 net new projects last year, exceeding the banks forecast of 105. Gross new projects totaled 209, half from US clients, and two-thirds were bispecific/multispecific antibodies and ADCs. The potential total milestone for new contracts signed last year could reach up to US$4 billion. The company completed 28 PPQs last year and already has 34 scheduled for this year.On January 13, in response to the U.S. State Departments demand on January 12 that U.S. citizens immediately leave Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated at a regular press conference that China hopes and supports Iran in maintaining national stability. "We consistently oppose interference in other countries internal affairs and oppose the use or threat of force in international relations. We hope all parties will do more to promote peace and stability in the Middle East," Mao Ning said. "We are closely monitoring the developments in Iran, and we will take all necessary measures to protect the safety of Chinese citizens."The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and four other departments recently jointly issued a notice on regulating the posting of recruitment information on online platforms, further standardizing the online recruitment order. The notice requires strengthened supervision of online recruitment service licenses; for-profit human resources service agencies posting recruitment information or online platforms providing recruitment information posting services to employers must obtain a human resources service license in accordance with the law. Online platforms must fulfill their primary responsibility, strengthen account registration management, verify the real identity information of applicants, classify and verify the qualifications of certified accounts, set special labels, and clearly display qualifications and certification information on the account homepage. The notice clarifies that online platforms must standardize the format of recruitment information, ensuring that posted recruitment information is truthful and legal, and strictly prohibiting the illegal diversion of traffic under the guise of recruitment information. It also emphasizes strengthening the regulation of online behavior of recruitment service accounts, enhancing dynamic monitoring of recruitment information postings, and promptly detecting and handling illegal and irregular activities.On January 13th, Beike issued an internal notice outlining self-discipline requirements across its entire platform, reiterating its neutral market perspective, and requiring all employees and participants to strictly adhere to the companys values and practice a neutral market approach, strictly following the "Three Musts and Six Prohibitions." Internally, violations will be severely punished. The "Three Musts" focus on service standards, including providing honest and professional services to help stabilize the market, ensuring the authenticity of property listings and fulfilling contractual obligations, and providing comprehensive and objective information to assist users in making rational decisions. The "Six Prohibitions" cover strictly prohibiting subjective speculation and pessimistic pronouncements about the market, strictly prohibiting the distorted interpretation of relevant national policies, and prohibiting the dissemination of false information.On January 13th, the Jiangsu Provincial Government issued the "Jiangsu Province Artificial Intelligence+ Action Plan." The plan outlines the creation of high-quality datasets. It coordinates the construction and promotion of high-quality datasets across industries, and releases a series of initiatives requiring developers to take on challenges. The plan also emphasizes increasing the supply of data resources, promoting the open sharing and trading of high-quality datasets and corpora, strengthening data intellectual property protection, exploring data property rights systems adapted to the development of artificial intelligence, and achieving data cost compensation and revenue distribution based on value contribution. It supports eligible regions in issuing "corpus vouchers."

Nasdaq Surges 2.7% As Strong Earnings/US Data Boost Growth Stocks; PayPal Gains 9.0%

Cory Russell

Aug 04, 2022 14:58

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Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 Break Higher Despite Strong Earnings, Strong US Data, and Fed Remarks

The US ISM Services PMI data for July and Factory Orders statistics for June sparked confidence that the US economy is, for the time being, not in recession, and on a bombardment of positive earnings reports, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indexes burst out to new multi-week highs on Wednesday.


Stocks also took solace from comments made by Fed policymaker Mary Daly, who downplayed the possibility of a further 75 basis point rate hike from the Fed in September. However, she also pushed back (as have other Fed policymakers in the last two days) against overly pessimistic market expectations for the Fed to start reducing interest rates in early 2023.


The S&P 500 index rose 1.6 percent to break over 4,150 for the first time since early June and leave its 100-Day Moving Average, which is located just around 4,120, in the dust. This was a bullish combination for stocks. Bulls are still aiming for a challenge of the highs from early June at 4,180.


While the Dow climbed 1.3 percent to cross back above its 100DMA just over 32,700, the Nasdaq 100 index rose 2.7 percent to reach its highest level since early May in the 13,200s.

Big Tech and Growth Stocks are the Best

The market gain on Wednesday was driven by "growth" firms, including some of the biggest names like Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta Platforms. The chief investment officer of Bokeh Capital Management, Kim Forrest, advised investors to switch from value equities to growth ones if the economy were not now in recession but neither blazing upward either.


Gains in growth stocks were aided by a nearly 10% increase in PayPal Holding's share price after the payment technology company raised its annual profit projection and reported that activist investor Elliot Management had amassed a $2 billion holding. The S&P 500 GICS sectors with the highest concentration of growth companies, Information Technology, Communication Services, and Consumer Discretionary, all increased by 2.5 percent to 3.0 percent on Wednesday.


Other significant companies that have reported earnings include Starbucks, which rallied after exceeding bottom-line analyst expectations in Q2 amid strong demand for its coffee in the US, CVS Health, the largest US pharmaceutical chain, and Moderna, which jumped after announcing a $3 billion share repurchase program.