China Evergrande Shares Slide 6 Percent in Early Trade

China Evergrande Shares Slide 6 Percent in Early Trade
A woman rides an escalator at an Evergrande Plaza shopping mall in a residential compound developed by China Evergrande Group in Beijing, China on Sept. 22, 2021. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
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HONG KONG—Shares of cash-strapped China Evergrande fell as much as 6 percent in early trade on Friday, paring gains of nearly 18 percent the previous day as time ticked by on an interest payment deadline for the country’s most indebted developer.