Hong Kong-based financial services startup AMTD Digital is up over 3,000% in the past week, and was up over 100% yesterday. Why?
The stock is being discussed on Reddit forum WallStreetBets (Warning: Strong language). The stock is up over 20,000% since its IPO on July 15. It listed at under USD 10 per share and is currently trading at USD 1,679.
AMTD Digital is a part of Hong Kong-based investment bank AMTD Idea Group (AMTD) which is currently trading at around USD 7 per share.
The company issued a statement on Tuesday, saying it, “…expressed its appreciation of support from the investor community for the successful completion of its initial public offering (”IPO”) of 16,000,000 American depositary shares (“ADSs”) at a price of US$7.80 per ADS. During the period since our initial public offering, the Company noted significant volatility in our ADS price and, also observed some very active trading volume. To our knowledge, there are no material circumstances, events nor other matters relating to our Company’s business and operating activities since the IPO date.”
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