** Shares of China's retail commerce and service platform
Huitongda Network Co Ltd 9878.HK trade as high as HK$45 in
Hong Kong debut on Friday, 4.7% above their global offering
price
** Stock last up 1.3% from the offer price of HK$43 each,
among the 30 most actively trade by turnover
** The Alibaba-backed e-tailer serving China's rural areas
sold 51.61 mln shares in global offering, raising HK$2.22 bln
($284.6 mln) to expand customer base, optimize supply chain
capability, invest in IT infrastructure and for acquisitions
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** Alibaba Group's 9988.HK Hong Kong shares slip 0.2%
** Another new comer Clarity Medical Group 1406.HK falls
as much as 8.8% on first day of trading as compared to HK$1.60
apiece offering price
** The Hong Kong-based ophthalmic healthcare services group
sold 136 mln shares in IPO, raising HK$217.60 mln for setting up
new medical centres in the city, and to fund acquisition in
mainland China (https://bit.ly/3JCyJxW)
** Hang Seng Tech Index .HSTECH and Hang Seng Composite
Index .HSCI both ease 0.5%
** Hang Seng Commerce & Industry Index .HSNC and the
benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI both slip 0.6%
($1 = 7.8006 Hong Kong dollars)
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))