Genius Group Limited (NYSE:GNS) opened up its shares for public trading for the first time since it filed for IPO in July 2021. The company agreed to initially offer 3.27 million shares to the public at a $6.00 per share. On its first day of trading, the stock rose 101.85% from its opening price of $15.11 to its closing price of $30.50.
Genius Group Limited Performance On First Day of Trading
About Genius Group Limited and It's IPO
Genius Group Limited are a world leading entrepreneur Edtech and education group, with approximately 1.8 million students in 200 countries, ranging from ages 0 to 100 years old. Our entrepreneur education system is being delivered virtually and in-person, locally and globally via our Singapore Edtech platform company
For its IPO, GNS agreed to offer 3.27 million shares at a price of $6.00 per share, with an insider lock-up period of 180 days, ending on October 09, 2022.
An insider lock-up period is a period of time after a company first goes public where major shareholders are not allowed to sell their shares. The insider lock-up period makes sure that the market does not get oversupplied with shares of the company.
Traders may short the stock leading up to the lockup-period expiration date in hopes that the price will fall due to an increase in supply of shares. Retail traders should be watching this stock's short interest as it moves closer to lockup expiration.
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