Sharechat Logo

Genesis shares stag 17 percent at listing, trade at $1.81

Thursday 17th April 2014

Text too small?

Shares in the partially privatised Genesis Energy debuted on the NZX this afternoon, rising 26 cents, or 17 percent, from their $1.55 issue price, to $1.81 in the first minutes of trading.

Genesis is the last of three vertically integrated electricity generator-retailers to be subject to partial privatisation in the last 13 months, in a programme that has raised a total of $4.7 billion, $733 million of it from the sale of 49 percent of Genesis.

The IPO process attracted 68,000 retail investors, similar to the Meridian Energy float last November, which was regarded as lower than hoped for, although that number gives Genesis the third largest share register among NZX-listed shares.

 

BusinessDesk.co.nz



  General Finance Advertising    

Comments from our readers

No comments yet

Add your comment:
Your name:
Your email:
Not displayed to the public
Comment:
Comments to Sharechat go through an approval process. Comments which are defamatory, abusive or in some way deemed inappropriate will not be approved. It is allowable to use some form of non-de-plume for your name, however we recommend real email addresses are used. Comments from free email addresses such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc may not be approved.

Related News:

PFI - Q3 Div & Upgraded FY25 Div Guidance, FY26 Div Guidance
AIA - Auckland Airport announces leadership team change
May 9th Morning Report
May 8th Morning Report
NZME Takeovers Panel determination
MNW - Commerce Commission clears the Contact Energy acquisition
May 7th Morning Report
General Capital Appoints New CFO
SUM - Summerset Considers Retail Bond Offer
SKC - Updated FY25 Full Year Earnings Guidance