DUBAI: Shares of ADNOC Gas jumped about 18% over its listing price in the Abu Dhabi market debut on Tuesday.

ADNOC Gas' shares traded at 2.8 dirhams ($0.7625) apiece, versus its initial public offering price of 2.37 dirhams.

State-backed oil giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) had earlier this month, raised about $2.5 billion through a sale of roughly 5% of its gas business in an IPO.

 

($1 = 3.6722 UAE dirham) (Reporting by Hadeel Al Sayegh; Editing by Dhanya Ann Thoppil)