Deliveroo shares have slumped as much as 30% as the takeaway delivery company made its highly-anticipated stock market debut.
The flop wiped more than £2bn off the company's initial £7.6bn valuation - just over a week after it was estimated atSome of the City's biggest institutional investors had shunned the initial public offering over concerns about its working practices and the dual-class share structure which gives founder Will Shu greater control.Some investors have concerns about a share structure which gives founder Will Shu greater control.
The loss-making company said this week that it had received"significant demand" from investors across the globe - more than enough to cover the offer of shares worth £1.5bn several times over. However, its price range last week of £3.90 to £4.60p per share - which would have valued it as highly as £8.8bn -DeliverooBut that was not enough to prevent a flop when trading began, with shares going as low as £2.73, although they later climbed back above the £3 mark.