As the market waited for the US inflation data, the Asia-Pacific stock market weakened in the morning, while Hong Kong stocks opened lower along with the periphery. The Hang Seng Index opened 121 points or 0.62% lower at 19511 points, the national index opened 45 points or 0.69% lower at 6612 points, and the Hang Seng Science and Technology Index opened 33 points or 0.86% lower at 3872 points. In terms of technology stocks, 00700.HK opened 0.5% lower at 339.6 yuan, Alibaba (09988.HK) opened 2.7% lower at 83.7 yuan, Meituan (03690.HK) opened 1.6% lower at 149.4 yuan, 01810.HK opened 0.9% lower at 10.72 yuan, JD.com (09618.HK) opened 1.9% lower at 339.6 yuan, Baidu (09888.HK) and Ctrip (09961.HK) opened 2.6% and 3.3% respectively. Bilibili (09626.HK) and Ali Health (00241.HK) each opened 2.4 per cent lower. In terms of financial stocks, 00005.HK opened 0.5 per cent lower at Rmb48.2, 00388.HK opened flat at Rmb325.6 and 01299.HK opened 1.2 per cent lower at Rmb72.45. 00688.HK 's contract property sales fell 36 per cent year-on-year in April and opened 2.3 per cent lower this morning. Rundi (01109.HK) opened 1.8% lower. Automobile stock ideal (02015.HK) first-quarter non-GAAP net profit of 477 million yuan, shares opened 1.3% higher at 80.50 yuan. In other blue-chip areas, 09633.HK and 01177.HK opened 1.7 per cent and 1.6 per cent higher respectively, while 01113.HK Group opened 1.4 per cent higher.