** Shares of Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities
Management Group Ltd 6989.HK rise as much as 9% to HK$10.10,
their highest since March 3
** Stock last up 5.6%, on course for its best session since
March 26
** Guangdong, China-based property manager says controlling
shareholder Urban Hero Investments bought 515,000 shares at
HK$9.36 each in the open market on Friday, raising its stake to
719.62 mln shares, or 58.86% (https://bit.ly/3mZLKYe)
** Says co has maintained sufficient public float of the
issued shares following the acquisition
** The Hong Kong Hang Seng sub-index tracking property firms
.HSNP slips 0.2%
** Both the Hang Seng China enterprises index .HSCE and
the benchmark index .HSI climb 0.8%
** As of previous close, stock had fallen 8.8% this year
(Reuters Messaging: donny.kwok.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)