** Shares of Hong Kong stock market debutants Shenzhen
Hepalink Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd 9989.HK and MBV
International Ltd 1957.HK fall at open
** Shenzhen Hepalink drops as much as 4.9% from the offer
price to HK$17.50, while MBV slumps 51.9% from IPO price of
HK$0.80
** Shenzhen Hepalink's Shenzhen-listed stock falls 4.1%
** Raised about HK$4 bln ($516 mln) after selling 220.09 mln
H shares at the bottom of the HK$18.40–$20.60/share range
** To use proceeds to repay debt, expand sales network and
manufacturing capacity, and invest in innovative drugs
** Johor, Malaysia-based MBV, a supplier of imprintable
apparel and gift products, offered 157 mln shares and raised
HK$125.6 mln to enhance warehousing and to improve logistics (https://bit.ly/2Z9xeTC)
** The Hang Seng China enterprises index .HSCE gains 1.2%,
while the Hong Kong benchmark index .HSI rises 0.3%
($1 = 7.7501 Hong Kong dollars)
(Reuters Messaging: donny.kwok.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)