Chinese Estates Hiked After Selling Its Evergrande Stakes

On Thursday, shares of Chinese Estates Holdings Limited hiked after the company sold its Evergrande stakes and planned to exit all of its holdings. 

Chinese Estates surged 5.50% or 0.02 points to $0.30 per share, after its modest increase of 0.93% yesterday.

Moreover, the investment holdings company mainly engages in property development and trading and is one of the principal backers of China Evergrande.

Currently, the business stands with a market capitalization of $534.36 million and $473.99 in revenue.

Accordingly, Chinese Estates announced that it had disposed of more than 108.00 million Evergrande shares for $31.70 million.

Consequently, the move is a significant withdrawal of support to the struggling developer.

The said sold stocks represented 0.82% of Evergrande’s share capital from August 30 to September 21, 2021.

In addition, the investment firm stated potential plans to sell their remaining stakes, which account for 5.66% of the developer’s issued shared capital. 

Furthermore, Chinese Estates emphasized that its directors are cautious and concerned about the troubled company.

Meanwhile, the global market focused on the recent development of the crisis.

At the same time, China Evergrande surged to 16.74% or 0.05 points to $0.34 per share.

Whereas, it announced some positive news to the market that bolstered the recent increase. 

Evergrande’s main unit, Hengda Real Estate Group, announced that it already resolved one coupon payment.

Then, investors eyed whether the company would be able to pay its $83.50 million in dollar-bond interest today.

In addition, it has another $47.50 million payment due on September 29 for March 2024 notes.

Meanwhile, concerns about the spreading contagion remain, as the struggling corporation intertwined with China’s economy.

Moreover, the possibility of a worldwide economic ripple left market investors on tenterhooks.

Asia-Pacific Shares Up as Chinese Estates Hiked

Furthermore, Asia-Pacific shares increased at the same time as Chinese Estates hiked.

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index soared 0.81% or 196.78 points to $24,418.32 per share. 

In China, the Shanghai Composite index edged up 0.25% or 9.22 points to $3,637.71 per share.

Similarly, the benchmark Shenzhen Component improved 0.65% or 93.21 points to $14,370.29 per share.

Then, India’s NIFTY 50 index rose 1.21% or 212.15 points to $17,758.80 per share.

Consequently, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index jumped 1.00% or 73.30 points to $7,370.20 per share. 

In New Zealand, the S&P/NZX 50 index extended 0.68% or 90.12 points to $13,305.92 per share.

In addition, Japan’s market closed on Thursday in accordance with the nation’s respective holidays.

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