China Railway Signal, Four Other Beijing Firms Lap Up 41% of Star Market IPO Funds
Dou Shicong
DATE:  Jul 22 2019
/ SOURCE:  yicai
China Railway Signal, Four Other Beijing Firms Lap Up 41% of Star Market IPO Funds China Railway Signal, Four Other Beijing Firms Lap Up 41% of Star Market IPO Funds

(Yicai Global) July 22 -- Five Beijing companies, led by China Railway Signal & Communication, have raised about 41 percent of the total sum that the 25 first companies that got listed on Shanghai's new Star Market garnered. 

Rail transit control systems maker China Railway Signal & Communication made up CNY10.4 billion (USD1.5 billion), or 82 percent of the five companies' tally, the Beijing News reported today. The state-owned company posted CNY40 billion in revenue last year and CNY3.7 billion in net profit. 

The other four companies were transit control solutions firm Traffic Control Technology, high-speed railway brake pads manufacturer Tianyishangjia New Material, diamond cutting devices maker Worldia Diamond Tools, and imaging data software firm Piesat Information Technology. The five enterprises raised CNY12.7 billion in total via their initial public offerings. 

President Xi Jinping birthed the idea of China's Nasdaq-style market, formerly known as the Science and Technology Innovation Board, last November. The board that started trading today aims to make it easier for tech startups to secure funding.

The Shanghai Stock Exchange has accepted listing applications from 149 enterprises, and 30 of them -- the biggest number -- comes from Beijing, showing the tech prowess of the capital city. 

The best performer in the morning was Semiconductor firm Anji Microelectronics Technology [SHA:688019], which boosted its IPO price over five times to finish the first session at CNY202 (USD29.40).

China Railway Signal and Communication [SHA: 688009] added 126 percent to its IPO price to finish at CNY13.2 in the morning. Its trading volume topped the list of 25 with a value of CNY7.6 billion.

Metal additive maker Xi'An Bright Laser Technologies [SHA:688333] rose the most modestly, still more than doubling its IPO price to CNY68.3.

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