On July 10, AIA Group rose 3.04% in regular trading, trading at 74.4 HKD/share, with turnover of 6.69 billion HKD.
On the news front, DBS Vickers published a research report on the same day, lowering the target price from 109 HKD to 100 HKD but reiterating a Buy rating, projecting first-half new business value (VONB) growth of 15% year-over-year. Previously, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and CLSA had all maintained positive ratings with target prices ranging from 100 to 121 HKD, broadly concluding that market concerns over tightened cross-border regulatory oversight on Mainland Chinese Visitors (MCV) insurance business have been excessively discounted.
Meanwhile, AIA has conducted sustained large-scale share buybacks since late March, repurchasing approximately 107 million shares between May and June for a total of roughly 8.8 billion HKD. These shares were cancelled on June 18, reducing the issued share capital and providing ongoing support for the stock price.
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