Twitter's stock has opened at 45.10 dollars a share on its first day of trading, 73 per cent above its initial offering price.

The stock is trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TWTR.

It's the most highly anticipated initial public stock offering since Facebook debuted last year.

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