BYD's stock plummeted nearly 8%.

On February 2nd, BYD's stock opened lower, closing at 90.10 Hong Kong dollars by noon, down nearly 8%. On the same day, Hong Kong stocks in the automobile sector collectively fell, with Xiaopeng Motors dropping nearly 10%, NIO falling nearly 7%, Leapmotor falling over 5%, Great Wall Motors falling over 4%, Ideal Motors and Guangzhou Automobile Group falling over 3%, and Geely Automobile and Xiaomi Group falling over 2%. In June last year, BYD's Hong Kong stock price had reached 157.82 Hong Kong dollars per share, and had since been fluctuating downwards. As of the time of writing today, BYD's Hong Kong stock price has fallen by approximately 42.69% from the high point of 157.82 Hong Kong dollars per share in June 2025, with a market value shrinkage of about 24.81 billion Hong Kong dollars. BYD announced yesterday that in January 2026, it achieved sales of approximately 210,000 New Energy Vehicles, a decrease of 30% compared to the same period last year. Among them, passenger car sales were approximately 205,000, a decrease of 30.67% year-on-year; pure electric vehicle sales were approximately 83,200, a decrease of 33.60% year-on-year; and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle sales were approximately 122,300, a decrease of 28.53% year-on-year.