Xinhua News Agency, May 12, SMIC (00981.HK), Crystal Gate Semiconductor (02878.HK), and ASMPT (00522.HK) rose 3.97%, 1.08% and 0.17% respectively. Take SMIC, which led the gains, as an example. Last night, the company reported first-quarter results, in which revenue fell 20.6% year-on-year to $1.662 billion and net profit decreased 48.3% to $230 million. Q2 revenue is expected to grow 5% month-on-month by 7%. Gross profit margin is 19% 21%.