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 for companies going public.

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