From chasing robots to chasing profits: the numbers moving markets

While Chinese investors faced down long odds for a stake in Unitree Robotics amid a broader frenzy for high-performing tech stocks, the market this week also focused on the implications of July’s US inflation rate, gold price trends and the interim results of CK Hutchison Holdings, one of the flagship companies owned by the family of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing.

Unitree’s retail subscription rate: 0.0181 per cent Millions of retail investors in China rushed to subscribe to Unitree Robotics...