On August 18, NCI fell 3.02% in regular trading, trading at 44.98 HKD/share, with turnover of HKD 104 million. The decline was driven by continued institutional outflows and broad sector weakness.

According to Hong Kong Exchange disclosures, BlackRock reduced its stake in NCI H-shares from 6.05% to 5.86% on August 12. Notably, BlackRock had already cut its holding to as low as 4.94% in mid-July before briefly rebuilding its position, indicating a pattern of persistent institutional selling pressure from one of the world's largest asset managers.

The broader Life and Health Insurance sector was under significant pressure on the same day, with China Life down 3.93%, China Taiping down 3.88%, AIA down 2.25%, and Ping An down 1.92%, reflecting widespread risk-off sentiment across the insurance space.

NCI is scheduled to hold a board meeting on August 26 to approve its interim results for the first half of the year and consider an interim dividend, following a prior guidance of 40% to 60% growth in attributable net profit.

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