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Saudi’s biggest IPO hits market

Published: 13 Nov 2014 - 12:50 am | Last Updated: 19 Jan 2022 - 03:45 pm

Investors monitor screens at the Saudi Stock Exchange in Riyadh. Shares in Saudi Arabia’s biggest lender, National Commercial Bank, jumped the 10 percent limit upon listing yesterday after a $6bn IPO, the largest ever in the Arab world and the second-biggest globally this year.

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