By KEN SWEET - AP Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Klarna made a solid debut on the New York Stock Exchange, with shares of the Swedish buy now, pay later company rising nearly 15%, the latest in a run of high-profile initial public offerings this year.

Klarna stock opened at $52 a share Wednesday, a 30% premium to the company's $40 pricing. It took roughly three-and-a-half hours for the specialists on the floor of the NYSE to manually price the first batch of trades of the company. The shares rose as high as $57 before losing some momentum and ending at $45.82, up 14.6%.

More than 34 million shares worth approximately $1.37 billion were sold to investors, making it the largest IPO this year, according to Renaissance Capital. That's notable because 2025 has been one of the busier years f

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