DiDi World (NYSE:DIDI) shares tumbled virtually 49% Friday because the Chinese language ride-sharing chief delay plans to listing its shares in Hong Kong.

The Our on-line world Administration of China advised DiDi (DIDI) that the corporate wouldn’t be capable of listing its shares on the Hong Kong inventory alternate as a result of DiDi’s (DIDI) proposals to forestall safety and information leaks fell wanting regulatory necessities. In response to a report from Bloomberg, DiDi’s (DIDI) major apps may even stay suspended from native app shops in China for the foreseeable future.

Friday’s share decline was the most recent act of drama for DiDi (DIDI), which went public in the US in a $4.4 billion IPO final June. Shortly after its IPO, China pulled DiDi’s (DIDI) providing off app shops in China amid a cybersecurity probe of the corporate’s operations. And in December, DiDi (DIDI) mentioned it could transfer its shares from the New York Inventory Change to Hong Kong.

The halt on DiDi’s (DIDI) Hong Kong inventory itemizing doubtlessly throws a monkey wrench into the plans that different Chinese language tech shares might need about shifting their share listings out of the U.S.

DiDi’s (DIDI) large share losses come on the heels of a broad decline in Chinese language tech shares on Thursday. That selloff was spurred on by the U.S. Securities and Change Fee saying that 5 Chinese language corporations that commerce within the U.S. are at risk of being de-listed for failing to fulfill American accounting regulatory pointers.