Why Tencent Rose Today

Shares of Chinese big tech stock Tencent (TCEHY 0.14%) rallied today, increasing as much as 3.4%, before settling into a more modest 0.7% gain as of 2:43 p.m. ET.Tencent is arguably China's best technology company. It owns WeChat, China's dominant 1.39 billion-user social media network; is China's leading mobile game publisher; owns fintech leader TenPay; and is the country's leading video and music streaming platforms. In addition, Tencent is one of China's leading cloud software companies, and is building ...