Hong Kong stocks hunker down for a day packed with Fed decision, jumbo IPO debut

Hong Kong stocks are gearing up for an eventful day on Thursday, when both a rate decision by the US Federal Reserve and a debut of the city’s largest initial public offering (IPO) in seven years coincide to test investors’ risk appetite. An unexpected increase in the US borrowing costs, or even a hawkish tone from new US Fed chairman Kevin Warsh, risks derailing a fragile rebound in Hong Kong stocks, which was aided by a rotation out of high-priced artificial intelligence (AI) bets in...