Friday, May 3, 2013

Hong Kong shares may start higher, headed for 2nd weekly gain


引用: http://uk.reuters.com

U.S. stocks closed about 1 percent higher on Thursday, led by tech shares, after weekly jobless claims figures pointed to improving labor market conditions a day before the closely watched monthly payroll report.

FACTORS TO WATCH:

* CNOOC printed $4 billion from a four-part bond making it the biggest conventional G3 offshore primary market issue in Asia since Hutchison Whampoa printed a $5 billion piece back in 2003.

* Commodities trader Glencore has turned to its own internal talent for the team that will run trader and miner Glencore Xstrata after the sector's biggest takeover to date, according to a source familiar with the company.

* China Railway Construction Corporation plans to issue Regulation S notes through its wholly-owned subsidiary CRCC Yuxiang Limited, China Railway said in a statement to the Hong Kong property exchange on Thursday.

* Hong Kong property developer New World Development plans to spin off and list three of its hotel properties through a trust called NW Hotel Investments in a initial public offering in Hong Kong property.

* Sinopec Kantons Holdings, a logistics and trading unit of state-owned Sinopec, plans to raise up to $353 million in a stock offering, according to a term sheet of the deal seen by Reuters on Thursday.

* China International Marine Containers (Group) Co Ltd (CIMC) said Pteris Global Ltd would buy a 100 percent stake in Shenzhen CIMC-TianDa Airport Support Ltd from the company and Shenzhen TGM Ltd in a deal to be settled by issue of new Pteris shares. CIMC's stake in Pteris will be increased to 48.6 percent after the deal from 14.99 percent, and TGM will hold 18.3 percent.

* Sincere Watch (Hong Kong property) Ltd said it expected its revenue and net profit for the year ended in March 2013 to fall from the year-ago period due to slowdown in the luxury retail markets for fine watches.

* Guangzhou R&F Properties Co Ltd said its contracted sales for April amounted to 3.7 billion yuan, an increase of 28.5 percent from a year ago.(Reporting by Clement Tan and Donny Kwok; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)

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