Groupon shares surge 46 percent in early trading
Shares of daily deals site Groupon Inc rose 46 percent in hectic early trading on Friday.
The shares were at $29.15 or 46 percent above their $20 IPO price a few minutes after opening on the Nasdaq.
The company on Thursday sold 35 million shares for $20 each, raising $700 million. It had filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 30 million shares for $16 to $18 each.
(Reporting by Clare Baldwin in New York and Alistair Barr in San Francisco, editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
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