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Holly Williams

Airtel Money kicks off £5.3bn IPO in biggest London float for five years

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African mobile payments business Airtel Money has made a muted start to trading as it kicked off its £5.3 billion stock market debut in what marks the biggest London listing for five years.

The group saw shares rise as much as £2 each from an initial price set at £1.96 in conditional trading, before the stock later eased back to just below its opening mark on Friday morning, at £1.94 within the first hour.

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