Chinese Initial Public Offering Indicator: IPO Indicator up 13% as Mainland Stock Market Reaches Record High

Chinese Initial Public Offering Indicator: IPO Indicator up 13% as Mainland Stock Market Reaches Record High

August 23, 2007

    SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- 

    July 2007:             287.8
    June 2007:             254.3
    Month-to-month change: 13.2%
    July 2006:             177.9
    Year-to-year change:   61.7%

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    Highlights

    The IPO indicator reached a new high of 287.8 at the
end of July, a 13.2 percent increase from June. Six stocks
were added to the indicator, and five were removed,
bringing the total to 113.

    Analysis

    Of the 107 equities included in both the June and July
indicators, ninety-seven increased in price and ten fell.
Banking sector stocks accounted for 50 percent of the
increase in the indicator's market capitalization, while
two telecom services stocks, China Communications Services
(H share, 0552) and Guomai Technologies (A share, 002093),
accounted for 40 percent of the decrease. China Coal (H
share, 1898) contributed to 11.5 percent of the indicator's
increase. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC;
A share, 601398; H share, 1398), which went public last
October, now has the largest market capitalization among
all banks worldwide. 
    
    Methodology     

    A stock's float-adjusted market capitalization over
time forms the basis for indicator calculations. Stock
dividends, stock splits, special dividends, share
consolidations, repurchases, spin-offs, and combination
stock distributions may trigger adjustments to the
indicator values. Only companies incorporated and domiciled
in mainland China that go public on the Shanghai, Shenzhen,
and Hong Kong stock exchanges are included. Companies are
removed from the indicator after twelve months.
    
    Xinhua Finance/Milken Institute China Indicators 

    The Xinhua Finance/Milken Institute China Indicators
provide investors, analysts, and financial professionals
insight into China's money and capital markets. Five of the
eight indicators have been launched since November 2006: the
Renminbi Pressure Indicator, the Chinese IPO Indicator, the
Market Adjusted Debt (MAD) Indicator, the Banking Strength
Indicator (BSI), and the Adjusted Trade and Finance (ATF)
Indicator. The remaining three indicators (the China
M&A Indicator, the China Privatization Indicator, and
the China Corporate Governance Indicator) will be launched
later this year. 

    Period Coverage and Frequency

    New companies are added to the indicator as soon as
they are listed, while current companies are removed after
twelve months. The IPO Indicator has a base date of
December 31, 1997, when the indicator's value was set equal
to 100, and covers the period from December 31, 1991, to the
present. Values are calculated on a monthly basis. The
indicator for each month is released in the third week of
the following month. 

    Sources of Data

    The real-time and historical trading data used in the
construction of this indicator are provided by Bloomberg
and Xinhua Finance; underlying information used to
calculate the float ratio is obtained from a variety of
sources, including Xinhua Finance's subsidiary Mergent,
stock exchanges, regulators, and the companies themselves.
Corporate actions are sourced from Xinhua Finance,
regulatory filings, and news services.

    To view additional information, visit
http://www.xinhuafinance.com/indicators and
http://www.milkeninstitute.org/chinaindicators . 

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and economic conditions of diverse populations around the
world by helping business and public policy leaders
identify and implement innovative ideas for creating
broad-based prosperity. The Milken Institute has extensive
expertise in China and conducts ongoing research on China's
banking and capital markets. It is based in Santa Monica,
Calif. For more information, please visit
http://www.milkeninstitute.org .


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