Springer Nature goes public at Frankfurt Stock Exchange

FRANKFURT, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Shares of the science publishing house Springer Nature debuted at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Friday, marking the third major IPO in Germany this year.

The company's shares opened at 24 euros (26.3 U.S. dollars) per share and rose above 24.5 euros at one point during the intraday trading. Earlier this week the company priced its Initial Public Offering (IPO) at 22.5 euros.