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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.

CATL, which produces more than a third of all electric vehicle batteries sold worldwide, raised US$4.6 billion in Hong Kong.