New York Stock Exchange to Alibaba: Open Sesame!
The stock was priced at $68 a share Thursday night and started trading at $92.70 on the big board Friday after more than a two hour delay, giving the firm an opening market cap of $228.9 billion — marking the biggest initial public offering ever.
"I've never seen anything like this one," Peter Costa, president of Empire Executions, told reporters.
The Alibaba hype is something of an anomaly here — a consumer stock that's practically unknown and unused by US consumers here but lauded on Wall Street.
In an unusual move, eight Alibaba customers rung the opening bell while Ma and other Alibaba top brass applauded from the floor directly below the balcony.
Joining the Alibaba customers was a "Tao doll," a human-shaped enamel statue covered with depictions of Chinese dragons and calligraphy, and modeled off the Taobao mascot. It's a gift from Ma to the exchange and will be permanently on exhibit.
A crowd gathers in front of the New York Stock Exchange on the day of Alibaba's initial public offering, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 in New York.Photo: AP Photo/Jason DeCrow
The NYSE floor was packed with investors and media from the US and China, a stark difference from the usual nearly empty, TV studio-like environment.
The IPO didn't start trading immediately as specialists matched buyers and sellers.
"It doesn't matter how much time it takes, it matters that we get the price right," Martin Otto, a senior floor specialist, said before the stock started trading.
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