 US-listed shares of Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group NYSE:BABA Holding Limited closed out Wednesday about 13 higher on optimism that the Chinese governments crackdown on the internet sector has ended. TickMill Group market analyst James Harte noted that the lift in bullish sentiment was in reaction to the news that Chinese regulators have approved a request by Ant Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba, to increase the registered capital for the companys consumer section to 18.5 billion yuan about US2.7 billion. 