There's still profit taking pressure but I expect the index to trade around the 17,500 level today.

There's a little bit of profit taking. I think support should be around $10.28 to $10.30, and resistance will be around last night's high.

Some people today want to see a quick fix to the trade imbalance. And if there was one, believe us, we would have tried to get that by now with the Chinese.

Some people today want to see a quick fix to the trade imbalance. In the new global economy, there is not a quick fix.

The strong domestic economy should cushion the impact of an anticipated slowdown in Hong Kong's trade growth this year.

The market is still very strong. Trade started with some profit-taking and further losses due to negative foreign (market) influence but the selling never gathered steam.