Tencent Holdings stock: buyback keeps pressure on bears as AI bottleneck warning hits tape
Tencent repurchased 1,039,000 shares on Jan. 9 for HK$635.9 million, a filing showed, bringing total buybacks under its current mandate to over 108 million shares. The stock closed at HK$611, down 0.81%, underperforming the Hang Seng Tech Index. Tencent cannot issue new shares until Feb. 8. Shares resume trading Monday amid continued volatility in China’s tech sector.