According to the Wisdom Financial APP, Guotai Junan International(01788) rose nearly 5%, as of press time, up 4.84% to HKD 0.65, with a turnover of HKD 41.03 million.

On the news front, on the afternoon of June 14th, in response to market speculation about a merger, relevant personnel from GTJA responded: the company has no undisclosed information that should be disclosed. Insiders from both GTJA and Haitong Securities denied the merger rumor.

It has been reported that as early as around September 2020, multiple investors asked on the Haitong Securities investor interaction platform: "Both Haitong Securities and Guotai Junan are owned by the Shanghai State Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, is there any intention to merge?" At that time, Haitong Securities clarified that the company's board of directors had not discussed any relevant matters in the meantime.