U.S.-listed Chinese stocks such as Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd BABA.N, JD.Com Inc JD.O and Baidu Inc BIDU.O were down around 2% as fears lingered about a contagion from the SVB collapse. A Reuters poll of economists showed that the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) likely increased by 0.4% last month after accelerating 0.5% in January amid sticky rental housing costs. SVB Financial's SIVB.O sudden shutdown and fears of risks to other banks hammered the sector and broader markets in the past few days.