** Shares of GigaCloud Technology Inc GCT.O soar 52.3% to
$23.89 premarket, extending rally a day after its Nasdaq debut
** Stock 2nd biggest pct gainer across U.S. exchanges as of
8:05 a.m. ET
** Hong-Kong based e-commerce firm's shares on Thurs closed
at $15.69 for a first-day gain of 28%; shares traded as high as
$21.22 on the session
** Co offered 2.94 mln Class A shares at $12.25 for $36 mln
raise, valuing it at roughly $490 mln - (SEC filing https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857816/000119312522224561/d160437d424b4.htm)
** Its customers include sellers on Rakuten in Japan, Amazon
and Walmart in the U.S. and Wayfair in the U.K.
** Co generated $414 mln in rev and $29 mln in net income in
2021
** GCT among top trending tickers on retail investor-focused
Stocktwits.com
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
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