Twitter Goes Public. Are You in?

When the markets open Thursday morning, Twitter will be a publicly traded company.

Twitter was expected to go public with shares priced at $26. At that price, the value of the company is reported to be in the $18.24 billion range. However, the AP reported late Thursday morning that Twitter stock opened at $45.10 on the New York Stock Exchange amid strong demand.

Twitter Inc. originally planned to price shares between $17 and $20 for its IPO, according to Boston.com. The company raised the range on Monday to $23-$25 per share.

Twitter is set to begin trading Thursday morning when the market opens at 9:30 a.m. under the symbol “TWTR.” 

You can watch live updates on the stock’s opening day performance on the Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch page.