BUZZ-Shanghai Junshi Biosciences falls on discounted share sale

Reuters
13 Jun
BUZZ-Shanghai Junshi Biosciences falls on discounted share sale

** Shares of Shanghai Junshi Biosciences 1877.HK drop 9.8% to HK$25.85, on course to snap four straight session of gains

** Shanghai-listed stock 688180.SS falls 2.7% to 37.60 yuan, on track for the biggest one-day pct decline since May 26, if losses hold

** The Chinese biopharmaceutical group plans to sell 41 million new H-shares to third-party investors, raising HK$1.04 billion ($132.51 million) for commercialising potential new-generation drugs and for investment in R&D technologies

** The new H-shares will be issued at HK$25.35 each, or 11.5% discount to Thursday's close of HK$28.65 per share

** Hong Kong's healthcare index .HSCIH and Hang Seng Biotech Index .HSHKBIO both climb 1.1%

** YTD, Hong Kong stock up 137.5%, Shanghai shares up 38.4%

($1 = 7.8487 Hong Kong dollars)

(Reporting by Donny Kwok)

((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))

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