EV battery maker’s shares advance 16.4 per cent to close at HK$306.20 on the first day of trading in the city.

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Shares of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., or CATL, soared more than 16% in their Hong Kong trading debut Tuesday after the Chinese electric vehicle battery maker raised more than $4.5 billion in the world's largest listing this year.

BEIJING: Chinese battery giant CATL, which soared on its Hong Kong debut Tuesday (May 20), is a domestic success story with a risk-taking founder and global ambitions - but has found itself in the cro

Shares in China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world’s largest electric vehicle battery maker, have surged as much as 18% on its first day of trading in Hong Kong, shrugging off geopolitical uncertainties.

“This year, all CATL battery factories will achieve carbon neutrality,” Robin Zeng Yuqun, founder and chairman, said before the company’s debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Tuesday. “This listing signifies our deeper integration into the global capital markets and marks a new milestone in our mission to drive the global zero-carbon economy.”