Shanghai, Sept 26 - The parent of China's top beer maker, Tsingtao Brewery, bought back 1.88 million shares in its listed subsidiary, the listed company said on Friday, as major state-run firms heed Beijing's call to buy back shares in their listed units to prop up a volatile stock market.
The parent would continue to increase its stake in the listed company over the next 12 months, but the total stake would not exceed 2 percent of Tsingtao Brewery's total floated shares, the the listed unit said in a statement published in the official Shanghai Securities News.
Local-currency A shares in Shanghai-listed Tsingtao Brewery closed up 4.82 percent at 15.89 yuan on Thursday, outperforming the overall market's 3.64 percent rise.
Major shareholders of more than 40 listed firms have bought back or have announced plans to buy back shares over the past several weeks.
Last week, the government unveiled an unprecedented package of steps to bolster the sagging stock markets, including scrapping taxes on stock purchases and encouraging state-owned corporations to buy back shares of their listed units.