South African Stocks Slide as China Tech Probe Weighs on Naspers
Lukas Strobl, Bloomberg News A Naspers Ltd. logo is displayed on a large electronic screen during the company s extraordinary general meeting in Cape Town, South Africa on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Africaâs largest company by market value is creating a new entity called Prosus NV to hold assets including a 31% stake in Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. thatâs worth about $125 billion. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg , Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) South Africaâs main equities index declined, led by Naspers Ltd. and its Prosus NV unit after Hong Kong-listed Tencent Holdings Ltd. slumped amid a widening Chinese antitrust probe of the technology sector. With a stake of about 31%, Prosus is Tencentâs largest shareholder.