China’s first batch of bluechips under new IPO system surge in debut
THE first batch of blue-chip stocks to list under China’s registration-based initial public offering (IPO) system surged in their Monday (Apr 10) debut despite tepidness in the broader market.
The listing of the 10 companies on the main boards in Shanghai and Shenzhen marks the full roll-out of China’s US-style IPO mechanism, designed to make public share sales more market oriented. The system had already been adopted by Shanghai’s tech-focused Star Market, Shenzhen’s start-up board ChiNext and the Beijing Stock Exchange for small companies.
Shenzhen CECport Technologies, an electronic components distributor based in the southern technology hub Shenzhen, opened up 161 per cent on Monday, and surged as much as 239 per cent, after it raised 2.25 billion yuan (S$434.5 million).
Under the new rules, no daily trading limit is set for shares listed after an IPO in their first five trading days. Previously, new stocks listed in China’s main boards could jump as much as 44 per cent and slump no more than 36 per cent at debut.
However, stocks listed on the main boards are still subject to the 10 per cent daily trading limit afterwards.
Dencare Chongqing Oral Care, an oral products maker, opened up 98 per cent and soared as much as 157.7 per cent. Other companies, including Shaanxi Energy Investment, Both Engineering Technology, also rose between 50 per cent and 120 per cent.
China’s stock benchmark index, slipped roughly 0.3 per cent, as investors focused on China’s drills around the Taiwan Strait and awaited more data to gauge the strength of China’s economic recovery after it dropped restrictive Covid-19 policies. REUTERS
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