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It’s not been a good week for Temu parent company PDD Holdings: Chinese fast fashion retailer Temu’s parent company PDD Holdings saw its shares fall by a whopping 29% during Monday trading on the Nasdaq — its biggest fall on record that saw its market value dip by some USD 55 bn. Things didn’t get much better for the company yesterday either, with its stock value falling another 4.1% by the end of trading.
The trigger: The company’s results for the second quarter of the year fell short of market expectations. The company recorded revenues of CNY 97.1 bn — up 86% y-o-y, but below Wall Street forecasts of CNY 100 bn. The crash came as a shock to global investors, as the company’s long-standing low-pricing strategy was expected to appeal to cost conscious consumers amid ongoing volatility and slowing Chinese consumption.
The results are “the latest in a series of red flags” in the Chinese economy, Bloomberg writes, pointing to disappointing earnings from a number of Chinese conglomerates over the last period that have also suffered from weak consumer demand in the world’s second largest economy. The “big issue” is the weakness of domestic consumer demand, Robeco Hong Kong’s Joshua Crabb told Bloomberg. “The read-across for competition and a weak consumer will be negative for sure.”
But the volume of the sell-offs may represent an overreaction: The size of the drop in shares was “too much of a correction,” CNBC quotes China Market Research Group Managing Director Shaun Rein as saying. Rein added that now would be a good time for investors to buy into the stock, emphasizing that the panic was “overblown.”
This comes at a crucial time for China, which is expected to see its first yearly outflow from its bourse since 2016 as overseas fund flows continue to exit the market. The country’s benchmark CSI 300 is down 3.7% for 2024 and is at risk of extending losses into a record fourth consecutive year.
MARKETS THIS MORNING-
Asian markers are in the red during early trading this morning, with traders eagerly awaiting Nvidia releasing its much anticipated earnings later today. Korea’s Kospi is down 0.5%, China’s Hang Seng is down 0.3%, and Japan’s Nikkei is down 0.2%.
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TASI |
12,182 |
-0.6% (YTD: +1.8%) |
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MSCI Tadawul 30 |
1,525 |
-0.8% (YTD: -1.7%) |
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NomuC |
26,391 |
-0.2% (YTD: +7.6%) |
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USD : SAR (SAMA) |
USD 3.75 Sell |
USD 3.75 Buy |
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Interest rates |
6.5% repo |
5.5% reverse repo |
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EGX30 |
30,363 |
+0.8% (YTD: +22.0%) |
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ADX |
9,334 |
-0.2% (YTD: -2.6%) |
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DFM |
4,343 |
+0.4% (YTD: +7.0%) |
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S&P 500 |
5,626 |
+0.2% (YTD: +18.0%) |
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FTSE 100 |
8,345 |
+0.2% (YTD: +7.9%) |
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Euro Stoxx 50 |
4,899 |
0.0% (YTD: +19.5%) |
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Brent crude |
USD 79.8 |
-2.0% |
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Natural gas (Nymex) |
USD 1.9 |
-2.7% |
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Gold |
USD 2,560.10 |
+0.2% |
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BTC |
USD 61,878.50 |
-2.5% (YTD: +46.5%) |
THE CLOSING BELL: TADAWUL-
The TASI fell 0.6% yesterday on turnover of SAR 8.4 bn. The index is up 1.8% YTD.
In the green: Red Sea (+7.5%), Allianz SF (+5.5%) and Zamil Industrial (+4.5%).
In the red: Al Baha (-7.7%), Miahona (-4.7%) and Sisco Holding (-3.4%).
THE CLOSING BELL: NOMU-
The NomuC fell 0.2% yesterday on turnover of SAR 39.2 mn. The index is up 7.6% YTD.
In the green: Qomel (+12.0%), Mobi Industry (+7.3%) and Marble Design (+4.0%).
In the red: Al Razi (-8.9%), Osool and Bakheet (-8.9%) and Molan (-7.4%)
CORPORATE ACTIONS-
Thimar Development Holding has filed an application with the CMA to increase its capital by SAR 195 mn via a shares offering, it said in a disclosure to Tadawul.
