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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. runs China’s biggest online marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payments platform, serving…
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BABA
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
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- Sector
- Consumer
- Industry
- Retail
- Size
- Large company
- Market value
- $247.1 billion
- Number of shares
- 19.06 billion
- Country
- HK
- Went public
- Sep 19, 2014
- Exchange
- NYSE · US dollars
- Listing
- US listing on the New York Stock Exchange, priced in US dollars (also trades in Hong Kong as 9988.HK).
- Same company
- 9988.HK
- Website
- alibabagroup.com
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