HK Stock Market Move | DUIBA (01753) extends gains by over 40%; AI short drama monthly playback volume in Q3 increased by 107% quarter-on-quarter; AI business profitability significantly improved.

DUIBA (01753) extended its gains by over 40%, rising 41.67% as of press time to HK$0.68, with turnover of HK$27.7018 million. On the news front, DUIBA announced the third-quarter business performance of its AI short drama business. On an all-network basis, DUIBA AI short dramas added more than 6.8 billion, 12.6 billion, and 26.4 billion views in July, August, and September respectively, totaling over 45.8 billion new views, more than 9 times the first-half total (over 5 billion views). In the third quarter, the number of hit dramas with over 100 million new views per month was 22, 25, and 32 respectively, while the number of hit dramas with over 10 million views was 89, 155, and 172 respectively. It is also worth noting that DUIBA's AI short drama business has shown strong growth since its launch in January 2026, and the business continued to maintain rapid growth in the third quarter of 2026. Based on the company management's preliminary assessment of the unaudited consolidated management accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2026, the DUIBA AI short drama business is expected to record net profit for three consecutive months in July, August, and September, a significant improvement compared with the operating performance in the first half of the year. This three-month streak of net profit marks the business officially moving from the investment phase into the harvest phase.