Hong Kong-listed shares of China’s greatest cemeteries operator and funeral service rose to their highest degree in additional than a 12 months as the nation struggles with a wave of Covid infections.
Fu Shou Yuan Worldwide Group shares reached a 2022 excessive at 7.04 Hong Kong {dollars} a share as of Friday’s shut — having surged about 80% in two months – as the nation abruptly ended most of its Covid management measures and noticed case numbers surge.
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Shares of Fu Shou Yuan Worldwide Group had been down almost 40% for 2022 as of November, however they’re now on tempo for a 15% year-to-date acquire.
The company, with a market cap of greater than $2 billion, debuted in 2013 with backing from Carlyle Group and hedge fund agency Farallon Buyers.
Carlyle co-founder William Conway had visited Fu Shou Yuan’s essential cemetery in Shanghai with a gaggle of executives in December 2010 earlier than agreeing to buy $25 million value of shares previous to the company going public.
