Alibaba shares sink to new low amid gloomy China tech outlook

Intense regulatory scrutiny, heated competition and COVID cloud growth prospects

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Alibaba Group Holding is listed in New York and Hong Kong, where its shares fell to an all-time low on Friday. © Reuters

CISSY ZHOU and JACK STONE TRUITT, Nikkei staff writers

HONG KONG/NEW YORK -- The stock price of Alibaba Group Holding fell below 100 Hong Kong dollars ($13) a share for the first time Friday, a day of heavy selling in Chinese tech stocks as investors fretted over the company's growth prospects and risk of further regulatory pressure from Beijing.

Alibaba closed down 5.17% to HK$99 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, down 68% from its peak. On the New York Stock Exchange, where it is also listed, shares traded below $100 for the first time since 2017 but closed at $100.60.

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