Being a public company is one of Facebook's mission that has now become a reality. On Friday (18/05/2012) local time, Facebook began trading its shares on Nasdaq under the symbol FB.
For founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, going public is an important thing on the way up, and Facebook still has a goal to make the world more open and connected.
He also warned employees to stay focused and alert to face the challenges in the future. "It was an amazing moment. Remember, stay focused and remain vigilant," said Zuckerberg at Facebook's office who attended the court of the employees.
Facebook managed to build the largest communities in the history of the world, and Zuckerberg acknowledged the employees have done a wonderful thing that was unthinkable before.
Facebook sets share price on the first day at 38 dollars. In the early minutes of trading, the stock jumped to 42.50 dollars and had touched the highest level of 45 dollars.
But the surge did not last long because the stocks of social networking sites it slowly decreases until it closed at a price not far from the opening price: U.S. $ 38.23.
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