Hong Kong-listed shares of Alibaba fell over 5% Thursday following a report that the Chinese tech giant is considering selling convertible bonds to raise $5 billion. Shares ended the trading day 5.24% lower, after falling more than 6% earlier following the Bloomberg report. In premarket trading in New York, Alibaba's NYSE-listed shares were down 2.21% at 04:51 a.m. CNBC could not independently confirm the report, and Alibaba did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Earlier this week, Chinese e-commerce rival JD.com took a similar step with a $1.75 billion convertible senior note offering due in five years with a 0.25% coupon.

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