NEW YORK, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly lower on Thursday, with eight of the top 10 stocks by weight in the S&P U.S. Listed China 50 index ending the day on a downbeat note.
Shares of Yum China Holdings and Pinduoduo slipped 3.49 percent and 3.27 percent, respectively, leading the decliners in the top 10 stocks.
Shares of Li Auto and BeiGene rose 1.25 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively, the only two gainers in the top 10 stocks.
Wall Street's major averages ended mixed on Thursday as investors digested corporate earnings reports.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 39.02 points, or 0.11 percent, to 34,053.94. The S&P 500 added 60.55 points, or 1.47 percent, to 4,179.76. The Nasdaq Composite Index increased 384.50 points, or 3.25 percent, to 12,200.82.
The Cboe Volatility Index, widely considered as the best fear gauge in the stock market, climbed 4.18 percent to 18.73.
As of Wednesday, the S&P U.S. Listed China 50 index, which is designed to track the performance of the 50 largest Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges by total market cap, stood at 3,019.12, marking a 3.72-percent rise for the month-to-date returns and a 17.49-percent increase for the year-to-date returns.