Biopharmaceutical company ImaRx Therapeutics picked a rough day to go public. Shares of the Tucson, AZ-based firm fell almost 5% after trading started on the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 310 points.
ImaRx priced its IPO at $5 a share, selling 3 million shares of common stock on July 26. The stock got caught in the general market downdraft related to concerns over the subprime mortgage market, however. ImaRx closed at $4.79, down 4.2%, on its first day of trading.
The company's shares are trading under the symbol IMRX.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
July 27, 2007
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