Viva Extends Hong Kong Biotech Fever in City's Hottest 2019 IPO

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Viva Biotech Holdings bucked a decline across Asia on its trading debut following Hong Kong’s most popular initial public offering this year.

The Shanghai-based company lured retail investors with orders for about 107 timesBloomberg Terminal the shares initially available to them, the highest ratio among 2019 offerings above $100 million in the city, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The institutional tranche of the IPO was “significantly oversubscribed,” Viva said in a filing, without providing more details.