SMIC makes biggest market debut in China in 10 years

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Contract chipmaker SMIC's market capitalization topped 600 million yuan after its shares listed on the Shanghai STAR market. (Source photos by Reuters and AP)

CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co., China's top contract chipmaker, became the country's most valuable domestically listed tech stock on Thursday after its shares surged on their first day of trading on the Shanghai STAR market, the Chinese version of Nasdaq.

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