Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology’s shares soared Tuesday in their Hong Kong debut, marking the world’s largest equity offering so far this year. A successful listing of CATL, as the company is known,

By Scott Murdoch and Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) -Shares of Chinese electric vehicle battery giant CATL traded as much as 18.4% above the subscription price on Tuesday after the company raised $4.6 billion in its Hong Kong listing,

A global leader in the sector, CATL produces more than a third of all electric vehicle (EV) batteries sold worldwide.