On November 3, SITC fell 3.85% in Regular Trading, with the stock trading at HK$46.46 and turnover of HK$62.43 million.
The latest publicly available catalyst points to shareholder-level developments pressuring sentiment. On October 29, controlling shareholder Resourceful Link pledged 400 million ordinary shares, equal to about 14.75% of SITC's issued share capital, to secure a bank loan granted to Yang Shaopeng. Separately, Liu Kecheng reduced holdings by a cumulative 3.3 million shares over three days, involving about HK$158 million.
These developments came after SITC reported January-September revenue of about US$2.808 billion, up 14.2% year on year, container volume of 2.912 million TEUs, up 5.9%, and average freight rate of US$825.9 per TEU, up 9.4%. The company also announced a special dividend of HK$1 per share.
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