Just 18 months ago, Tencent Holdings was on the cusp of becoming Asia’s second trillion-dollar company. No more.
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A plan by Tencent’s major backer, Naspers-controlled Prosus, to further cut its stake in the company fuelled concerns among investors on Tuesday.
When there is a deep valuation discount and pressure from its investors, Naspers can’t really time market tops and must appease with cash handouts instead.
The arm of South African Internet giant Naspers sold almost $4-billion worth of stock in JD.com that it got as dividends from investee Tencent.
Shares of China’s Tencent fell as much as 2.5% after Prosus and Naspers said they would gradually sell shares in the firm.
Prosus and Naspers plan to sell down the massive 28.9% stake Prosus holds in Chinese Internet giant Tencent.
Naspers-controlled technology investor Prosus has decided to exit its shareholding in Russian classifieds business Avito.
Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings reported flat growth in first quarter revenue, its worst-ever such performance.
Prosus said on Friday will cut ties with its Russian online marketplace Avito, and will not seek to benefit economically from its ownership of the business.
The JSE had a spectacular trading session on Wednesday after Tencent Holdings’ shares leapt more than 23% in Asian trading.