Hong Kong stocks opened lower, with the Hang Seng Index down 1.52% and the Tech Index down 2.22%. Major tech stocks declined, with Baidu (09888.HK) down 7.3%, Alibaba (09988.HK) down 3.4%, JD.com (09618.HK) down nearly 3%, and Tencent Holdings (00700.HK) down 1.7%.