Why Baidu Shares Are Falling Today

Shares of several Chinese companies, including Baidu Inc BIDU, are trading lower Friday morning in sympathy with DiDi Global Inc DIDI after the company announced its plans to delist from the New York Stock Exchange.

DiDi said it will ensure that American depositary shares (ADSs) will be convertible into freely tradable shares of the company on another internationally recognized stock exchange at the election of ADS holders.

DiDi announced that it will organize a shareholder meeting to vote on the matter, following necessary procedures.

Baidu is the largest Internet search engine in China with 84% share of the search engine market in September 2021 per web analytics firm, Statcounter.

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BIDU Price Action: Baidu has traded as high as $354.82 and as low as $135.89 over a 52-week period.

The stock was down 8.51% at $136.48 at time of publication.

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