Figma's $21 Billion Drop Returns Stock to Earth After IPO Frenzy
The San Francisco-based company's shares have been trading on-and-off all week below the $85 level, where they opened on July 31, their first day in the market. Despite modest rebounds, the design software firm's stock has given back much of the increase that briefly mesmerized Wall Street.
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