- Fu Shou Yuan International Group stock reached a new yearly high at 7.04 Hong Kong dollars a share as of Friday’s close.
- China abruptly ended most of its Covid control measures and saw a resurgence in case numbers.
- The stock was down nearly 40% as of November – and is now on pace to see a 15% year-to-date gain.
Hong Kong-listed shares of China’s biggest cemeteries operator and funeral service rose to their highest level in more than a year as the country struggles with a wave of Covid infections.
Fu Shou Yuan International Group stock reached a 2022 high at 7.04 Hong Kong dollars a share as of Friday’s close — having surged about 80% in two months – as the country abruptly ended most of its Covid control measures and saw case numbers surge.
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Shares of Fu Shou Yuan International Group were down nearly 40% for 2022 as of November, but they’re now on pace for a 15% year-to-date gain.
The company, with a market cap of more than $2 billion, debuted in 2013 with backing from Carlyle Group and hedge fund firm Farallon Investors.
Carlyle co-founder William Conway had visited Fu Shou Yuan’s main cemetery in Shanghai with a group of executives in December 2010 before agreeing to purchase $25 million worth of shares prior to the company going public.
Source: Finance - cnbc.com
