China to Resume IPOs by Year-End as Stocks Enter Bull Market

  • New share sales were halted in July to support equity market
  • Resumption to hurt investor sentiment, Partners Capital says

China's Bulls Are Running Again

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China will lift a five-month freeze on initial public offerings by the end of the year, removing one of its key measures of support for the stock market as equities recover from a $5 trillion rout.

New share offerings will restart after improvements to the listing system, Deng Ge, a China Securities Regulatory Commission spokesman, said at a briefing in Beijing. SGX FTSE China A50 Index futures dropped 0.7 percent at 7:21 p.m. in Singapore amid concern that new offerings will divert funds from existing equities.