-- Prudential (SGX:K6S, HKG:2378) bought back 449,197 shares in London on Monday at an average price of about 11.24 pounds sterling apiece, according to a Tuesday Hong Kong bourse filing.
The insurer intends to cancel the repurchased shares.
Following the transaction, the company will have about 2.52 billion shares in issue.
Sangfor Technologies' (SHE:300454) attributable loss narrowed by 74% to 64.5 million yuan in the first quarter from 249.6 million yuan in the year-ago period, according to a Tuesday filing with the Shenzhen bourse.The information technology company's loss per share was 0.15 yuan, narrower by 75% from 0.59 yuan in the prior-year period.Operating revenue grew 29% year over year to 1.63 billion yuan from 1.26 billion yuan.