On August 20, Futu Holdings Limited rose 5.1% in pre-market trading, trading at $115.19/share, with turnover of $6.21 million.
The movement was driven by Futu reporting stronger-than-expected second quarter results. The company posted Q2 net income of HK$26.08 per ADS, significantly exceeding the FactSet consensus estimate of HK$23.36 per ADS, representing a beat of approximately 11.6%.
Notably, in late July, Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission froze HK$125.2 million in client assets held at Futu Securities International in connection with a suspected IPO fraud probe involving a third-party entity. However, the SFC explicitly stated that Futu itself is not under investigation and that the restriction does not affect the brokerage or its other clients. The strong earnings result appears to have overshadowed any lingering regulatory concerns.
Within the Investment Banking and Brokerage sector, peers showed mixed performance, with Webull Corp up 13.93%, Robinhood up 4.04%, Goldman Sachs up 0.32%, Morgan Stanley up 0.57%, and Charles Schwab down 0.33%.
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