Premarket: European stocks mostly down, while China's technology stocks rally

European shares opened lower Tuesday, while Chinese technology stocks surged after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with entrepreneurs this week in what is seen as a show of support to the technology industry. Early European trading was mostly down, with France's CAC 40 down 0.18%, while Germany's DAX dipped 0.26%. Britain's FTSE 100 remained mostly unchanged. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.59% to 22,976.81, while the Shanghai Composite was down 0.93% to 3,324.49. Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 0.25% to 39,270.40 after Japan's economic growth for the fourth quarter beat forecasts. In other regional markets, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.66%…