Xinhua, Beijing :
Lock-up shares worth 29.4 billion yuan (about 4.3 billion U.S. dollars) will become eligible for trading on China’s bourses this week.
Over 4 billion shares from 31 companies will become tradable on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from Aug. 13 to 19, according to information service provider Wind Info.
In the previous week, more than 1.78 billion shares worth about 17.9 billion yuan became tradable.
Qinhuangdao Port Co., Ltd. will have the largest amount of lock-up shares, with more than 1 billion shares becoming tradable Thursday.
Under China’s market rules, major shareholders must wait for one to two years before they are permitted to sell their shares.
