Autonomous Driving Concept Stocks Watch | BIDU-SW (09888.HK) Edges Higher in Afternoon Session, Hong Kong Primary Listing to Take Effect on September 1

NewTimeSpace News: On August 31, 2026,BIDU-SW(09888.HK) registered a mild afternoon gain. As of 15:36, its intraday price stood at HK$96.25, representing a 0.52% rise.

In related news, Baidu Group recently announced it will convert its Hong Kong listing status from secondary to primary, with the change officially effective on September 1. Upon completion, Baidu will achieve dual‑primary listing on both the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.

According to Xiangcai Securities, citing Wind data, the auto sector rose 1.1% between August 24 and August 28, 2026, while the CSI 300 Index fell 0.2%. The auto sector outperformed the CSI 300 Index by 1.3 percentage points. Among the 31 Shenwan‑level sectors, the auto industry ranked 22nd in weekly performance. Year‑to‑date, the auto sector has declined 18.7%, ranking 28th out of the 31 Shenwan sectors.

BIDU-SW (09888.HK) Focuses on the R&D of L4 autonomous driving algorithms and the commercialization of unmanned Robotaxis. Leveraged by the ERNIE foundational model and optimized by the Qianfan compute base, its "Apollo Go" autonomous ride-hailing service has achieved large-scale, normalized commercial operations across multiple core cities in China, with cumulative autonomous test mileage exceeding hundreds of millions of kilometers. Through high-frequency, high-confidence real-world road test data cleansing, the company continues to solidify the most robust data asset and algorithmic moat within the HKEX autonomous driving sector.

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