HONG KONG: China Evergrande Group’s shares rose nearly 4 per cent in early trading on Wednesday (Sep 27) after their sharp recent declines.
The rise came despite growing uncertainty about the cash-strapped developer after Reuters reported that some of its offshore creditors were planning to join a liquidation court petition filed against the company if it does not submit a new debt revamp plan by end of next month.
Evergrande’s Hong Kong-listed shares opened down 3.8 per cent at HK$0.38, but reversed losses and were up nearly 4 per cent in early trade.
The stock is still off nearly 25 per cent since Monday after Evergrande said a day earlier it could not issue new bonds as part of its debt restructuring plans because of a regulatory investigation into its main Chinese unit.
The unit, Hengda Real Estate, then said on Monday it had failed to pay the principal and interest for a 4 billion yuan (US$547 million) bond due by Sep 25.