LinkedIn share reached 92.99 dollars per share

Today linkeln shares reached 92.99 dollars at its highest value. LinkedIn shares skyrocketed more than 80% to trade at about $86 a share, and at a high of $92.99 a share, LinkedIn launchedd for public on thursday.

Shares for LinkedIn's IPO were priced at $45 a share on Wednesday, putting the company at a valuation of about $4.3 billion.

Many analysts expected shares in the largest social network aimed at professionals to rise as LinkedIn traded on the New York Stock Exchange for the first day, using the symbol LNKD.

The 8-year-old company, based in Mountain View, Calif., sold 7.84 million shares in its IPO.

In a regulatory filing posted ahead of its IPO, LinkedIn said that although revenue grew from about $78 million in 2008 to about $243 million in 2010, it didn't expect to turn a profit this year.

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