Can Hong Kong absorb US$100 billion of newly tradable shares amid the global AI boom?

A surge in shares becoming eligible for trading comes as investors pour into AI-linked stocks in rival markets 3 -MIN READ3 -MIN Listen Zhang Shidongin Shanghai Published: 8:30am, 2 Jul 2026 Hong Kong stocks have trailed other major global markets in the first half of the year, a trend analysts said could persist as sluggish consumer spending weighs on Chinese internet platforms and an entrenched AI trade risks widening the performance gap. A glut of stocks from the expiry of IPO lock-up periods could pose a further threat this quarter, prompting the city’s exchange to respond quickly with countervailing measures….