HSBC Holdings, plc.
HSBC · NYSE
- $105.30
- $356.86B
- Open
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- $103.38 - $105.00
- $64.65 - $107.92
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- 1.65M
About HSBC Holdings, plc.
HSBC is a global bank that sells retail banking, wealth-management, commercial-banking, investment-banking, lending, payments, and markets services. It makes money primarily through net interest income on loans and deposits, plus fees from payments, wealth, advisory, trading, and other financial services. Its customers include consumers, small and midsize businesses, large corporations, governments, and institutional investors. The supplied evidence identifies HSBC’s banking operations and an Australian deposit sale, but provides no current revenue split by segment, employee count, assets, customer count, or other scale measure; reported financials are unavailable for this review.
Notable Price Movement
- Sep 14-18$103.941.29%
HSBC fell $3.17, or 2.96%, from $107.11 to $103.94 over the reported period. The decline developed steadily through September 10, when the stock closed at $103.70, despite investor attention to the continuing buy-back and the reported sale of Australian deposits. HSBC then recovered to $105.30 on September 11 before giving back that rebound and falling 1.29% on September 14, its heaviest-volume session at 1.65 million shares. Coverage emphasized repurchases, including the cancellation of additional shares and a reported September 15 purchase, but supplied no earnings, guidance, or other fundamental announcement explaining the net weakness. The evidence therefore points to trading around capital-allocation news rather than a clearly identified operating catalyst.
- Aug 31 - Sep 4$107.113.46%
HSBC rose 3.51% over the supplied week, from $102.85 to $106.46. Trading was initially subdued: the stock slipped from $103.53 on August 28 to $103.14 on Monday, August 31, then advanced for three consecutive sessions, gaining 0.25% Tuesday, 1.49% Wednesday and 1.45% Thursday. The most concrete company-specific support was reporting that HSBC outlined a $536 million share buyback and updated voting rights, alongside coverage of further London and Hong Kong buybacks and additional share cancellations. Reports that HSBC was considering Singapore banking consolidation also highlighted potential simplification and an Asia focus. The evidence does not identify a separate market-wide catalyst or quantify the contribution of each announcement.
- Aug 24-28$103.530.60%
HSBC rose $0.52, or 0.51%, from $102.33 to $102.85 over the stated week, although it gave back most of an early advance. The stock opened the period near $104, edged up to $104.38 on August 25, then fell to $103.65 on August 26 and $102.85 on August 27. The main identifiable company-specific support was continued capital return: HSBC had retired more than 19 million shares in its August buyback, including 444,000 shares in one report and 304,800 shares purchased for HK$49.6 million on August 21. That support was tempered by commentary that the stock was near a record high and faced roughly 3% analyst downside. No earnings or major operating update was supplied.
- Aug 17-21$104.150.35%
HSBC fell 1.65% over the week, from $104.05 to $102.33. The decline was concentrated on Tuesday and Wednesday, when the shares moved from $103.80 to $102.30, with Wednesday also recording the week's highest volume at 1.25 million shares. Thursday produced only a marginal recovery to $102.33, leaving the stock near its low and reversing none of the midweek weakness. The supplied evidence contains no company-specific earnings, guidance, or management announcement explaining the move. Reports that HSBC had resumed or continued its buyback, including $263.3 million of purchases since August 5 and more than 9.7 million shares repurchased, provided a supportive signal but did not prevent the decline. Broader market drivers are not identified.
- Aug 10-14$103.790.06%
HSBC fell 4.21%, or $4.54, from $107.86 on August 3 to $103.32 on August 10. The decline accelerated after Monday, with the shares losing $1.82 on August 4 and another $3.36 on August 5 before stabilizing near $102.56 on August 6 and recovering modestly to $103.73 on August 7. They gave back that partial rebound on August 10. The supplied evidence does not identify a company-specific earnings release, guidance change, or analyst action on HSBC that explains the move. Reports of a 1.88 million-share buyback, planned senior-note activity, and a possible disposal of up to 2.3 million shares by Multifield International were available, but their direct trading impact is not established. No market benchmark or macro catalyst was supplied.
- Aug 3-7$103.732.53%
HSBC rose $2.34, or 2.26%, from $103.70 to $106.04 across the supplied week. The stock initially slipped to $102.60 on July 29 before jumping to $107.09 on July 30, as investors focused on stronger second-quarter operating momentum: revenue increased 7% year over year on a constant-currency basis to $19 billion, while profit before tax rose 13% excluding notable items; separate coverage reported a 60.4% increase in reported pretax profit. Shares added again on Monday, August 3, reaching $107.86, then gave back most of that gain on Tuesday amid no separately identified negative company announcement. HSBC’s planned Australian loan-portfolio sale and broader retail-bank exits also reinforced its simplification strategy.
