Premarket: Didi’s delisting could spell the end for Chinese stocks on Wall Street
CNNA version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. “Didi’s repatriation to is a significantly worrying indicator for the larger US-Sino economic relationship,” Brock Silvers, chief investment officer at Kaiyuan Capital in Hong Kong, told me. “Beijing essentially forced Didi’s hand.” Shortly after its $4.4 billion initial public offering in the United States in late June, Chinese regulators banned Didi from app stores in China, saying it broke data privacy laws and posed cybersecurity risks. “Chinese founders previously looked to for a number of reasons, including looser listing standards, often higher multiples and a domicile beyond Beijing’s financial regulatory grasp,” Silvers said. “That calculus has rapidly changed, and today’s companies — especially established market leaders or those in certain tech sectors — will likely face increasing pressure to list on China-controlled exchanges.” Omicron fears hang over November job report November looks to have produced another solid month of job gains as the US economy continued its recovery from the pandemic.