King, The Maker Of Candy Crush, Had The Worst IPO Debut This Year
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King, the maker of hit game Candy Crush Saga, officially debuted on the New York Public Stock Exchange today.
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King's stock closed down 15.56% from its IPO price of $22.50 a share.
It was one of the biggest day-one drops for a newly listed U.S. company in the past six months, Bloomberg reports. It was also the worst trading debut this year, according to data from Renaissance Capital.
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"It almost stood no chance," analyst Scott Sweet told MarketWatch. "It wasn't surprising. It's getting pounded." He said there appeared to be "a hope for a pop that never materialized" as "traders immediately pulled the trigger."
Other big day-one drops in the last six months include tech companies Chegg, and Violin Memory.
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