Ferrari zoomed down a road it's never traveled before on Wednesday, becoming a publicly traded company with its shares listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol RACE.
An initial public offering for a portion of the luxury sports car raised $893.1 million this week even in what has become a dodgy market for IPOs, with doubts about the economic recovery seeping into the minds of investors.
The IPO put the initial share price at $52 and valued the company, founded in 1929 by Italian sports driver Enzo Ferrari, at almost $10 billion. The company is based in Maranello, in northern Italy.
In early trading, the stock jumped $8.50 a share, to $60.50.
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Majority stakeholder Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will retain an 80 percent share in Ferrari. It plans distribute Ferrari stock to its shareholders next year.
The remaining 10 percent belongs to the Ferrari family.
