Alibaba stock extends corrective bounce after pledge to spend $15.5 billion for 'common prosperity' amid regulatory scrutiny

Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA, +1.00% roseate 0.8% successful greeting trading Thursday, to enactment them connected way for a 4th consecutive gain, adjacent arsenic the China-based e-commerce elephantine continued to look regulatory scrutiny. The banal has rallied 9.6% implicit the past 4 sessions, and has corrected 10.6% since closing astatine a 2-year debased of $157.96 connected Aug. 20. Many connected Wall Street presumption a rise, oregon fall, of astatine slightest 10% to up to 20% from a important debased oregon precocious arsenic a correction, portion moves of 20% oregon much are considered caller bull oregon carnivore markets. Chinese regulators criticized ride-hailing companies, including Alibaba's AutoNavi, for utilizing mendacious promotions and making usage of unqualified drivers and cars, according to a announcement posted connected the Ministry of Transportation's societal media account, according to a Dow Jones Newswires report. Separately connected Thursday, Alibaba vowed to walk RMB100 billion, oregon astir $15.5 billion, by 2025 for the government's "common prosperity" drive, according to study successful The Wall Street Journal, astatine a clip that regulators were clamping down connected exertion giants for contributing to societal divides. Alibaba's banal has dropped 20.4% implicit the past 3 months, portion the iShares MSCI China ETF MCHI, -0.14% has mislaid 13.5% and the S&P 500 SPX, +0.36% has gained 7.8%.