Memory Chip Sector Continues to Rally! Premia China STAR50 ETF (03151.HK) Surges Over 2%, Hygon Information Soars 10%+

NewTimeSpace News – April 13, the memory chip segment continued to show strength. The STAR Market 50 Index rose over 2%, with constituent stocks Hygon Information surging 9.89%, Centec Communications jumping 8.17%, Shengyi Electronics climbing 8.06%, and Loongson Technology gaining 6.44%. Premia China STAR50 ETF n (03151.HK) advanced over 2% intraday, bringing its year-to-date gain to over 4%.

HKEX data shows that Premia China STAR50 ETF (03151.HK) tracks the STAR Market 50 Index, which comprises 50 stocks with large market caps and good liquidity listed on the STAR Market. The index features prominent "hard tech" leadership characteristics, with semiconductors accounting for over 65% of the weight; combined with medical devices, software development, and photovoltaic equipment, these sectors represent nearly 80% of the index.

Semiconductor chips carry the highest weighting at approximately 31%, alongside computer applications, specialized equipment, chemical products, and biomedicine. The top three sectors combined account for over 86% of the index, aligning with the "Technology Empowers the Nation" strategic direction.

On the news front, China's chip exports reached US$202.4 billion in 2025, including US$92.8 billion in memory chips. AI-related trade drove an additional US$43.5 billion in memory chip exports, boosting overall export growth by 1.2 percentage points. As international giants shift capacity toward HBM, creating shortages in conventional memory, domestic manufacturers such as Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) and ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) are rapidly filling the gap, with chip exports surging 72.6% year-on-year in the first two months of 2026.

China Merchants Securities notes that AI terminal innovation and computing infrastructure construction are driving the global semiconductor industry into a high-prosperity cycle. Domestic sci-tech innovation chips are encountering a historic opportunity of "rising prices and volumes" coupled with accelerating import substitution. The firm is particularly bullish on demand explosions in memory chips, semiconductor equipment and materials, and domestic computing power chips.

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