SF Holding’s shares rise in Hong Kong trading after flat debut amid tepid market sentiment
Shares of the Chinese courier firm SF Holding began trading at HK$34.30, unchanged from its IPO price
SF Holding, China’s largest courier deliverer often regarded as the nation’s equivalent to FedEx, inched up after a flat trading debut in Hong Kong amid tepid sentiment, a precursor to a busy week of stock debuts that will add several billion Hong Kong dollars to this year’s listing proceeds.
Trading under the 6936 code, SF shares rose by as much as 1.2 per cent to an intraday high of HK$35.50, after opening unchanged from its initial public offering price (IPO) of HK$34.30.
The opening price implies a premium to the company’s yuan-denominated shares of 14.27 yuan (US$1.97) on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Hong Kong’s benchmark index is hovering near a two-month low.
The opening trading premium values the company’s Hong Kong-listed equity base at HK$6.7 billion based on its post-listing capital base of 195.5 million shares, according to its listing prospectus. SF Holding has about 4.82 billion A shares listed in Shenzhen.
“This listing is very meaningful for us, as we are relying on [Hong Kong’s open market] to enhance the expansion of our international business”, said SF’s chairman and CEO Wang Wei, before striking the ceremonial gong to mark the commencement of trading.
