Tencent rallied over optimism for U. -China trade talk gress. In contrast, S of Tencent Holdings (TCEHY 3. Moreover, 93%) rallied on Wednesday, up 4% as of 3:48 p.
Furthermore, There wasn't much company-specific news for the Chinese giant; however, positive words from U.
Nevertheless, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent yesterday revived hopes for gress on trade between the U.
However, As a result, major Chinese stocks rallied today, with Tencent rallying especially strongly. China and U.
Negotiators to meet in Sweden During an interview yesterday, Bessent said, "I'm going to be in Stockholm on Monday and Tuesday with my Chinese counterparts, and we'll be working out what is ly an extension then.
" For reference, on May 12, the U, given the current landscape.
Moreover, And China agreed to ratchet back their mutual tariffs on the other, which had escalated to the triple digits ing China's retaliation for President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcement on April 2.
This analysis suggests that lowering of tariffs was agreed on to allow room for trade negotiations to take place, with the three-month deadline apaching on August 12.
Along the way, there have been some hiccups in the talks, such as when President Trump accused China of backtracking on commitments to speed up shipments of crucial rare earths materials.
Nevertheless, That may have led to some skepticism that a deal would be reached in time (noteworthy indeed). But Bessent's s yesterday were encouraging.
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However, Tencent would benefit from a China recovery Tencent has managed its extremely well during China's three-year quasirecession, and recently showed an acceleration across its, given current economic conditions.
On the other hand, With a vast empire spanning mobile games, social media, ing and music, fin, and cloud services, it's also in a prime position to benefit from artificial intelligence (this bears monitoring), considering recent developments.
So trade talk optimism could be boosting the Chinese economy, and last week's news that Nvidia may restart shipping H20 GPUs to China could also be helping s along.
Investors will learn more on all these fronts when Tencent reports Q2 earnings on August 13.
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