Hong Kong-trade shares in CATL, the world’s largest maker of batteries for electric vehicles, have jumped after the company raised around $4.6 billion in the biggest initial public offering globally this year.

By Scott Murdoch and Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) -Shares of Chinese electric vehicle battery giant CATL traded as much as 18.4% above the subscription price on Tuesday after the company raised $4.6 billion in its Hong Kong listing,

European and Asian investors have pumped record sums into global equity funds that exclude the US market, and shares in Chinese battery maker CATL surged 16 per cent on their debut in Hong Kong. The EU plans to levy a flat fee on billions of small packages entering the bloc,