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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (0981.HK) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for 0981.HK, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: Morning 10, “Asia’s chip rally fades into the close: Kospi touches 7,171 and ends under 7,000, Nikkei −1.2% on a 153 yen — and Lenovo drops 6%, Z.ai 10% in Hong Kong” (2026-09-08)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where 0981.HK appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
Who it is priced against Semiconductors · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Semiconductors

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against 0981.HK on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp

0981.HK in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation is a foundry: it manufactures integrated-circuit wafers and compound semiconductors to other companies' chip designs rather than selling chips under its own name. Alongside wafer fabrication it offers photomask production, design and intellectual-property support, and testing services. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.
Where it sits in the stack
0981.HK holds no seat in our index; it sits in the semiconductor foundry sleeve of our universe, the group of companies that fabricate chips to other firms' designs rather than design or brand their own.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group does not currently cover SMIC; the comparison the market most often draws is with TSMC, the larger contract-chip maker it is set against on process capability and scale.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
SMIC carries no Rubin or Halo seat and no Closelooknet score has been built for it yet; the diary has mentioned it once, with no quotes drawn from any edition so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the stock's recent bounce off its lows holds or fades while it still trades well under its longer-term averages, as a sign of how the market reads foundry demand recovering.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (0981.HK) trades on the HK exchange in Hong Kong.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (0981.HK)?

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp trades as 0981.HK on the HK exchange (Hong Kong) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is 0981.HK in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

Where does 0981.HK trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -7% vs the 50-day and -11.2% vs the 200-day average, 34.2% below the 52-week high and +24.8% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 16 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Semiconductors), Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (0981.HK) sits 34.2% below its 52-week high, 7.0% below its 50-day average; Micron Technology Inc (MU) is 15.2% below, SK Hynix Inc (000660.KS) is 40.6% below, NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) is 0.5% below. Put any of them next to 0981.HK in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

Where has Closelooknet written about Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp?

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp appears in 1 Closelooknet piece, most recently Morning 10: Asia’s chip rally fades into the close: Kospi touches 7,171 and ends under 7,000, Nikkei −1.2% on a 153 yen — and Lenovo drops 6%, Z.ai 10% in Hong Kong (2026-09-08). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp do?

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation is a foundry: it manufactures integrated-circuit wafers and compound semiconductors to other companies' chip designs rather than selling chips under its own name. Alongside wafer fabrication it offers photomask production, design and intellectual-property support, and testing services. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China. Closelooknet's peer group does not currently cover SMIC; the comparison the market most often draws is with TSMC, the larger contract-chip maker it is set against on process capability and scale.

Where does Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp sit in the AI build-out?

0981.HK holds no seat in our index; it sits in the semiconductor foundry sleeve of our universe, the group of companies that fabricate chips to other firms' designs rather than design or brand their own. SMIC carries no Rubin or Halo seat and no Closelooknet score has been built for it yet; the diary has mentioned it once, with no quotes drawn from any edition so far.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for 0981.HK, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Semiconductors. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.