China’s largest chip foundry, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, dropped 6.2% in overnight trading in Hong Kong, after news media reported that Washington might impose tighter controls on US exports of chip-making equipment to the world’s fifth-largest chip fabricator. The Hong Kong China Enterprises Index followed SMIC down, despite a modest rally among the stronger China property names.
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