Education firm Wisdom to debut on Shenzhen-HK Stock Connect

Investors will be able to trade shares of Dongguan-headquartered privately owned educational group Wisdom Education International Holdings from Monday through the Shenzhen-HK Stock Connect.

The high-end privately owned educational group focuses largely on primary and middle school students in South China. It went public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Jan 26, 2017.

The company's share price surged 260 percent in 2017, rising from HK$1.7(27 cents) per share to HK$6.12. Among the 161 stocks newly listed on the Hong Kong bourse, Wisdom was rated among the top five in terms of share price performance last year.