Ninetowns Digital lists on NASDAQ

Dec 6, 2004
Ninetowns Digital lists on NASDAQ

New York, N.Y. — Ninetowns Digital World Trade Holdings Ltd, a Chinese import/export software developer celebrated its listing on The NASDAQ Stock Market at a special Listing Ceremony at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square New York on December 3, attended by Mr. Shuang Wang, CEO of Ninetowns. The company is listed under the ticker symbol NINE and has an initial market capitalisation of $378 million.

Bruce Aust, Executive Vice President, NASDAQ, commented, "We are delighted to welcome Ninetowns Digital to NASDAQ. They are the ninth Mainland Chinese company to list on NASDAQ so far this year. 2004 has been our most successful year in China to date and we are pleased that the market capitalization of our Chinese listed companies is now over $10 billion."

NASDAQ Welcomes Ninetowns (NINE)

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