I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a weaker European telecom sector due to the high cost of Germany's third-generation mobile-phone licenses.
With the China market on holiday, Hong Kong is tracking trends in the Japanese market.
In the past three days, the market has added more than 500 points. At least 20% of the price is cream, or speculative activity. All we need is one or two negative indicators or pieces of news, and that could give investors an excuse to take profit.
Hong Kong is tracking trends in the Japanese market. The market has had a very good run in the first four months of this year, will the rally spill over to May and June of this year is a very big question.
The Japanese market is struggling to stay above 17,000, and it's still uncertain whether it can hold. An interest rate hike and a strong dollar would hurt.
The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the market.