Why Shares of Graf Industrial Are Soaring Today

Lou Whiteman, The Motley Fool

2 July 2020 at 12:59 pm·2-min read

Why Shares of Graf Industrial Are Soaring Today

Shares of Graf Industrial (NYSE: GRAF) gained 20% on Thursday after the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) announced plans to merge with a maker of sensors for self-driving vehicles. The deal would move its merger partner, Velodyne Lidar, onto public markets, joining a host of other companies to use SPACs to go public in recent months. Velodyne Lidar said Thursday it would combine with Graf Industrial to create a company with a pro forma market capitalization of $1.8 billion.

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