Shares of U.S. regional lender Great Western Bancorp Inc fell about 3 percent in their market debut on Wednesday, valuing the unit of National Australia Bank Ltd at about $1 billion. The stock opened at $18 and touched a low of $17.53 in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opened lower.The shares offered in the initial public offering were priced at $18 apiece, well below the expected range of $21 to $24.NAB, Australia's No. 4 lender by market value, sold all 16 million shares in the offering, raising about $288 million and reducing its stake to 72.4 percent.Great Western, which mainly focuses on farm and business lending, is now the flagship of NAB's U.S. banking operations with about 162 branches in seven U.S. states and assets in excess of $8 billion.
The Bancorp, Inc. is a financial holding company with a wholly owned subsidiary, The Bancorp Bank (the Bank). Shares of TBBK fell by 3.26% or $-0.275/share to $8.16. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $7.81 and as high as $20.24. On average, 422135 shares of TBBK exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 51430.
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