** American depository shares of China-based firms extend
gains for second straight day
** China steps up attempts to calm frayed investor nerves by
telling foreign brokerages not to "overinterpret" its latest
regulatory actions urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2P5040
** The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China index .HXC jumped 9.3%
on Wednesday following four days of sharp losses, triggered by
China's widening regulatory crackdown
** Ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc DIDI.N soars 33.8%,
the busiest stock across U.S. exchanges, after report co is
considering delisting urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2P5282
** Education companies TAL Education TAL.N , New Oriental
Education & Technology Group EDU.N and Gaotu Techedu GOTU.N
jump between 7.5% and 10%
** Tencent-backed Futu Holdings FUTU.O and peer UP Fintech
TIGR.O climbs 7.1% and 8.0%
** Alibaba BABA.N , Baidu BIDU.O and JD.com JD.O rise
2.8%, 4.1%, 3.4%, respectively
** Pinduoduo PDD.O , Tencent Music TME.N and NetEase
NTES.O rise between 3% and 6%
** Electric-vehicle makers Li Auto Inc LI.O , Nio Inc
NIO.N and Xpeng Inc XPEV.N gain between 3.0% and 5.5%
(Reporting by Medha Singh)
((medha.singh@thomsonreuters.com))