This might shed some light in an otherwise dark space. It's from...

This might shed some light in an otherwise dark space. It's from "www.marketwatch.com" and is up on their site right now:

Australian real estate investment trusts were surging after Investa Property Group spiked plans for an initial public offer of a portfolio of Australian office tower assets. REITs had recently seen investors sell property trusts to fund their participation in the IPO.

Sydney-based Investa had conducted a roadshow to gauge support for a A$1 billion equity raising for a portfolio of seven office towers, according to a person familiar with the presentations. "The Investa float is not proceeding," a spokesman for the company said. "(The company) is not going ahead with an IPO."

Among Australian REITs, GPT Group was up 5.7%, Mirvac added 4.0% and Stockland rose 5.2%.

Hong Kong shares were getting a lift from HSBC's bullish trading update with the bank's shares up 4.2%.

So how did VPG go down today? Was it artificial? Views? Cheers.
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