04:26 PM EDT, 09/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Futu Holdings ( FUTU ) closed almost 8% higher on Thursday after Tencent Holdings, its largest institutional stakeholder, received $206 million in gross proceeds for selling a portion of Futu ( FUTU ) stock on Thursday, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The digital securities broker's American depository shares fetched a 5.9% premium to its last closing price, according to terms seen by Bloomberg. Tencent, Chinese internet-applications company, owned more than 106.6 million of Futu's ( FUTU ) class A shares prior to Thursday stock sale, regulatory filings show.

Investors in selected Chinese companies have been selling a portion of their stakes in recent days, Bloomberg reported, taking advantage of rebounding share prices after the People's Bank of China cut a key interest rate earlier this week and Beijing is said to be considering additional moves to shore up Chinese economy.

Neither Futu ( FUTU ) nor Tencent responded to messages from MT Newswires seeking comments.

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