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Mastercard Inc. runs a global card payment network that connects merchants, banks, and cardholders, enabling electronic payments…
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MA
Mastercard Inc
$623.60
Today
−$9.61-1.52%
vs yesterday’s close
Live price
- Opened at
- $628.76
- Day high
- $631.12
- Day low
- $619.59
- Yesterday’s close
- $633.21
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Size
- Large company
- Market value
- $546.3 billion
- Number of shares
- 876.0 million
- Country
- US
- Went public
- May 25, 2006
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Website
- mastercard.us
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