** Shares of Chinese fintech co AMTD Digital HKD.N rise
25.1% to $237 premarket
** Shares soared 312% on Wednesday on no news; stock was
halted at least 21 times by the NYSE
** Co is the #1 trending ticker on retail investor forum
Stocktwits.com on Thursday
** HKD has been highly volatile since its debut, briefly
climbing over 19,000% in a few days from debut before losing all
its gains
** HKD has had multiple such jumps and slumps in the past,
grabbing attention of retail investors and social media; its
valuation briefly surpassed that of Bank of America urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF27M
** Nevertheless, the stock has fallen ~92.6% from highs hit
on Aug 8
** Parent investment holding co AMTD Idea Group AMTD.N up
5% premarket
(Reporting by Bansari Mayur Kamdar in Bengaluru)
((BansariMayur.Kamdar@thomsonreuters.com;))