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Monday, May 19, 2014

Genworth Australia climbs 10 percent in debut after $545 million IPO, (NYSE: GNW)

Shares in home loan insurer Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia Ltd rose 9.8 percent on Tuesday in an upbeat first day of trading for the country's biggest initial public offer of the year so far. U.S. financial services giant Genworth Financial Inc raised A$583 million ($545 million) by selling 34 percent of its Australian business, joining a rush of companies to capitalise on the country's buoyant equity markets.

Genworth Financial, Inc. (Genworth) is a financial security company. Shares of GNW fell by 0.57% or $-0.1/share to $17.54. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $10.10 and as high as $18.74. On average, 7037100 shares of GNW exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 8176988.



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