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Stock Investing Course (AXcess News) Hong Kong - The Bank of China's (HK: 3988) IPO on theHong Kong Stock Exchange showed strong results Thursday as its shares closed up over 15 percent from their initial public offering price.

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Stock Market Game The Bank of China's chairman Xiao Gang said, "This listing is one of the largest and most successful Initial Public Offerings in the world. It represents international investors' confidence in China's long term economic prosperity, reform and open market."

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Stock Investing Game The Bank of China IPO was the largest public offering in the world in six years, raising 7.8 billion euros, a lot of the after-market buying today in Hong Kong came from foreign instutional buyers and some of China's own state-owned enterprises.

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Journal Prime Rate Street Wall Shares of Bank of China closed at HK$3.40, gaining 15.3 percent from an offer price of HK$2.95.

Wall Street has been expecting earnings per share of $1.25, excluding items, on sales of $989.3 million. In February, year forecast for earnings of $1.20 to $1.26 per share, based compensation. Chief Executive E. Scott Beattie said that organizational improvements in Europe and Asia, particularly China, would contribute to revenues and earnings next year.

Stock Market News Even though Bank of China shares showed such a strong debut on the Hong Kong exchange, the market in general slumped with the benchmark Hang Seng Index closing down 1.3 percent. The China Enterprises Index, a leading gauge of Hong Kong-listed China shares,fell 2.7 percent.

Stock Investing Basics Bank of Chinais the second of China'sfour largestbanks to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange following China Construction Bank's (HK: 939) listing last year.

Stock Investing Software Bank of China sold 10.5 percent of its shares in the IPO for $9.7 billion. Underwriters' overallotments will bring the total capitalization up by another 15 percent.

Stock Market Trading The BOC's IPO is the the largest listing ever of any Chinese company on the HKSE. Last year's Construction Bank IPO raised $8 billion, making it the second-largest public float of shares in Hong Kong.

Stock Investing For Dummy Additional mainland banking IPOs this year include the estimated $12 billion offering this autumn of the Industrial & Commercial Bank, another of China's Big Four lenders, and a $2 billion listing by regional lender China Merchants Bank, expected this summer.

Stock Market Crash Industrial & Commercial Bank of China is revamping its corporate structure to improve its risk management before it floats shares in Hong Kong later this year.

Stock Investing Tip The largest commercial lender on the Chinese mainland is expected to launch a US$12 billion initial public offering.

Stock Market Chart ICBC will add 10 new departments, including risk management, credit approval, asset and liability management, and cut seven other divisions, the lender said in a statement yesterday.

Online Stock Investing Speaking at a press conference Thursday, Bank of China Ltd. Chairman Xiao Gang pledged to improve the banks operations and increase shareholder return.

Stock Market Crash Of The retail portion of the BOC IPO was 70 times oversubscribed, triggering a revision that raised that portion of the deal from 5% to 10% of the total.

Stock Investing For Beginner Bank of China Ltd. was also added to the FTSE Xinhua indices following its listing today.

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