SoftBank's Arm surges 25% in debut, reaching market cap of $65bn

U.K. chip designer provides sagging IPO market ray of hope

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Arm CEO Rene Haas attends the initial public offering of the SoftBank Group unit at the Nasdaq exchange in New York.  © Reuters

MARRIAN ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- SoftBank Group-owned chip designer Arm had a strong first day of trading on the Nasdaq exchange Thursday, closing 25% over its initial public offering price at $63.59.

After opening trading at $56.10, or 10% higher than the IPO price, the American depositary shares surged in the final hour of trading, reaching a market capitalization of $65 billion by the session's end.

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