Newly Minted Top Thai Mobile Firm Valued at $9 Billion on Debut

  • True shares end at 8.60 baht on first day of trading
  • True’s 55 million mobile users beat Advance Info for top slot
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True Corporation Pcl, created through a merger between Thailand’s number two and three mobile phone operators, was valued at almost $9 billion after its shares began trading in Bangkok on Friday.

The shares ended at 8.60 baht in Bangkok, giving the firm a market value of 297 billion baht ($8.6 billion), with 785 million shares changing hands.