Finnish quantum firm IQM surges in Helsinki debut
BUZZ-Finnish quantum firm IQM surges in Helsinki debut ** Shares in IQM Quantum Computers IQMXC.HE rise as much as 18% on Friday as the Finnish quantum hardware company begins trading on Nasdaq Helsinki
** IQM develops superconducting quantum computers, selling on-premise systems and cloud access to research labs, universities, high-performance computing centres and enterprises
** IQM's stock opened at about €15 ($17.18) on Friday and rose to as high as €19, last trading at €17.8
** The company says it's the first European quantum computing company listed on a major U.S. exchange
** Trading in IQM's American Depositary Shares on Nasdaq Global Select Market beganon July 2
($1 = 0.8733 euros)
(Reporting by Jesus Calero)