Shares in Norwegian Cruise Line Holding, parent company of Norwegian Cruise Line and NCL America, soared on the first day of trading in them on Nasdaq in New York on Friday.
The shares closed 30.47% up on the day at $24.79. They had been floated at $19.00 each. The company's shares are traded under the symbol NCLH.
Norwegian was listed in Oslo prior to the acquisition of the compan y by the Star Cruises grouip in 1999-2000. However, they had underperformed peers like Carnival and Royal Caribbean due to the then weak performance of the company.
In the first nine months of 2012, Norwegian made a net profit of $146.8 million, more than the $126.9 million it made in the entire calendar year 2011.
The US markets are closed on Monday.
