Loyal Newsmax viewers who listened to the channel’s entreaties last year and lined up to buy $10-per-share stakes in the company are feeling pretty rich right about now. Those shares are currently worth more than $130 each.

Newsmax's shares closed with a more-than-eight-fold gain at $83.51 on Monday, partly buoyed by retail interest.

Key Takeaways Newsmax's stock soared in its first day of trading on the NYSE Monday.The conservative cable news company closed a $75 million IPO on Friday, selling shares for $10 each.The stock's intraday surge Monday would give Newsmax a value of close to $8 billion.

Newsmax made a wild debut in the stock market. Shares of the media company surged 735% to $83.51 a share. Trading was halted multiple times during the session due to volatility. Newsmax, trading under the symbol NMAX,

Newsmax, the cable news network which saw a huge pop in its debut day on the New York Stock Exchange, continued to advance in premarket trades on Tuesday. Newsmax shares jumped 24% to $103.95, having surged to $83.

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