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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon Hunt

Arm becomes Britain's sixth most valuable company after shares rise 50%

Arm Holdings has become the UK’s sixth most valuable company after the Cambridge-based chip designer saw its shares close almost 50% higher by the end of the day’s trading session in New York.

The Nasdaq-listed firm now has a market cap of $117 billion -- overtaking the likes of FTSE stalwarts Diageo, GSK and BP and within reach of surpassing the value of consumer giant Unilever, which has a market cap of $129 billion.

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