The recent Alibaba IPO on NYSE isn’t everything – although for a bit it seemed the only thing.
The IPO champ in the third quarter was Nasdaq, which welcomed 76 new listings in the third quarter, including 41 new IPOs.
Nasdaq has brought 140 IPOs to the market so far this year. This marks an 8 percent increase in listings compared to the same quarter last year. The combined proceeds raised by Nasdaq’s IPOs year-to-date is approximately $16.7 billion.
“This continues to be a record year for NASDAQ listings,” said Nelson Griggs, senior vice president of listings at NasdaqOMX. “We’ve reached several important milestones so far, including surpassing both the 100 IPO mark and our 2013 IPO total of 126 IPOs.”
According to Nasdaq, approximately 62 percent of all U.S. IPOs occurred on the bourse.
European listings in the U.S. on the bourse increased 100 percent during the quarter vs. 2013.
Nasdaq’s technology IPOs in 2014 are up an average of 31 percent from their offer price to date.
