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Bats Global Markets IPO prices at top end

Exchange operator raises $252.7m after increasing the number of shares up for sale in its much-anticipated float

Bats increased the number of shares up for sale at its IPO
Bats increased the number of shares up for sale at its IPO Photo: Getty Images

After a flubbed stock-market debut in 2012, Bats Global Markets is set to list again in a high-stakes test of its own exchange and of the wider new-issue market after a lacklustre first quarter.

Bats' initial public offering raised $252.7 million late on April 14 after selling 13.3 million shares at $19 apiece, valuing the company at $1.82 billion, according to people familiar with the offering.

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