Petrobrás kicks off with Pele

Brazilian soccer legend Pele turned up at the New York Stock Exchange on August 10 to close the First day's trading of Petrobrás, Brazil's leading oil producer and its largest company.

       
Pele: bringing the beautiful game to Wall Street

Brazilian soccer legend Pele turned up at the New York Stock Exchange on August 10 to close the First day’s trading of Petrobrás, Brazil’s leading oil producer and its largest company.

The year-long surge in oil prices and the busiest week for new listings since 1983 helped provide an auspicious debut for the listing and secondary offering of Petrobrás’ American depositary shares.

The Brazilian government, sold 28.63% of Petrobrás’ common shares for $4.34

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