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京东商城在美国已募股18亿美元 Chinese online retailer JD.com has raised $1.8bn in its US share sale, valuing the company at more than $25bn according to underwriters Bank of America and UBS Investment Bank. 中国网络零售商京东商城在美国已售出18亿美元股份。据美国银行与瑞银投资银行估算，该公司市值已超250亿美元。 ? Shares are due to start trading on the Nasdaq on Thursday under the symbol JD at the price of $19 per share.? ? JD.com is Chinas second largest e-commerce firm after Alibaba.? ? The IPO will be closely watched as a measure of Wall Streets appetite for Chinese internet firms. ? The e-commerce industry in China is attracting a lot of interest, due to increasing affluence in the worlds second largest economy as well as rising access to the internet.? ? According to research firm eMarketer, Chinas business to consumer e-commerce sales may surpass $180bn this year. Investors ? In its IPO prospectus, JD.com said it had a 17.5% market share based on transaction volume, as of the third quarter of last year. The figures are based on calculations by iResearch, a research firm.? ? Asias biggest internet company, Tencent Holdings, bought a 15% stake in JD.com in March this year, in an attempt to grab a larger share of Chinas online shopping market.? ? Under the deal, JD.com will take full control of Tencents e-commerce business, which includes subsidiaries such as QQ Wanggou and Paipai. ? The purchase signals heightened efforts by Tencent to take on rival Alibaba.? ? JD.coms list of investors include Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, with a 5% stake.? ? The e-commerce firm plans to use proceeds from the IPO to expand its infrastructure needs with the building of new warehouses and establishing more delivery stations. It also wants to build a fund for potential investments in and acquisitions of complementary businesses, assets and technologies. ? US investors will be watching how JD.com shares perform on Nasdaq, hoping for clues as to how Wall Street will receive rival Alibaba, which filed for an IPO earlier this month.?