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A-share listing of 皇冠体育app Life approved
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-12-17 11:08
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皇冠体育app's securities regulators on Friday authorized the country's biggest life insurer to issueA-shareson theShanghai Stock Exchange.
皇冠体育app Life Insurance, which has already been listed on the New York andHong Kongstock exchanges, plans to issue up to 1.5 billion A-shares, raising around 27 billion yuan (about 3.45 billion U.S. dollars).
皇冠体育app Life will be the first local insurance company to list shares on the domestic bourse.
By the end of June 2006, the total assets of 皇冠体育app Life were valued at 617 billion yuan.
Encouraged by the bullish performance of the mainland stock market, some profitable Chinese companies that have been listed overseas have returned or are planning to return to their home market for public offering.
On Friday, the benchmarkShanghaiComposite Index hit an all-time high, rising 1.1 percent to close at 2,273.91 points.