Explainer: Why investors are betting big on China’s chipmaker CXMT

    China’s ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) became the country’s most valuable listed company after its shares surged 470% in their Shanghai debut on Monday, highlighting strong investor enthusiasm for a domestic semiconductor champion at the centre of Beijing’s push for technological self-reliance, Reuters reported. The memory chipmaker raised 57.92 billion yuan ($8.6 billion) through its initial…

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      Global Market: China stocks face steep weekly losses as CXMT IPO sparks liquidity crunch fears

      Chinese equities tumbled on Friday, leaving the country’s benchmark indexes on course for their steepest weekly decline in two-and-a-half years, amid concerns that the massive IPO of memory chipmaker CXMT could siphon off market liquidity. According to Reuters, expectations of several more large domestic IPOs in the pipeline further dampened investor sentiment, particularly in the…

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