** Shares of passenger vehicle retailer and service provider
China Yongda Automobiles Services Holdings Ltd 3669.HK fall as
much as 5.1% to HK$8.50, snapping a 3-day rally
** Stock ranks the fifth most actively traded in the
afternoon trade; headed biggest intraday percentage decline
since May 4
** Stock later trims loss to HK$8.66, still down 3.4%
** Shanghai-based co plans to sell 120 million shares, or
6.1% of the enlarged share capital, to major shareholder Asset
Link raising HK$994.8 mln ($128.4 mln) to expand ultra-luxury,
luxury brands dealership network urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2DM167
** New shares will be sold at HK$8.29 each, representing
7.48% discount to Tuesday's close of HK$8.96
** Stock up 26.2% this year as of last close
** China Yongda has outperformed the Hang Seng Commerce &
Industry Index sector .HSNC by 16.3 percentage points in the
past one month
** The Hang Seng China enterprises index .HSCE climbs
0.5%, and the benchmark index .HSI gains 0.2%
($1 = 7.7499 Hong Kong dollars)
((Reuters Messaging:
donny.kwok.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))