MALAYSIAN Marine & Heavy Engineering Holdings (MMHE) made an impressive debut on the stock exchange yesterday, rewarding retail subscribers of its shares with a hefty gain of almost 25 per cent.
Given the company’s stellar first-day performance, investor interest in the impending listing of Petronas Chemicals Group – the next Petronas unit slated to float its shares this year in Malaysia’s biggest IPO offering – is bound to be magnified.
Retail and institutional investors had subscribed for MMHE’s public offer at RM3.61 (S$1.50) and RM3.80 per share respectively. The closing price yesterday was RM4.51.
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