Shares of Trump media company surge to highest in six weeks
Updates with closing price, volume, Reuters/Ipsos poll data
NEW YORK, Oct 10 (Reuters) -Shares of former U.S. President Donald Trump's media company hit their highest closing levelin about sixweeks on Thursday, with the stock rising 17.3% on brisk volume as itextended recent gains.
Trump Media & Technology Group DJT.O, which is 57% owned by the Republican presidential nominee running against Vice President Kamala Harris, is now up 46%for the week so far, closing at $24.12.
About 44 million shares exchanged hands in the session, roughly triple their 30-day average volume, according to LSEG data.
Trump's odds of winning the Nov. 5 U.S presidential election have edged higher on PredictIt in recent days, climbing to 52 cents from 49 cents a week ago.
Harris' odds are the same at 52 cents, but they are down from 55 cents a week ago, according to PredictIt.
PredictIt is an online prediction marketplace that offers investors clues to the outcome of the election, outside of traditional political polls.
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll this weekshowed Harris leading Trump by a marginal three percentage points, 46% to 43%, as the two remain locked in a close race.
Trump Media saw its value balloon to nearly $10 billion following its Wall Streetdebut in March, lifted by Trump supporters and retail traders who saw it as a speculative bet on his chances of securing a second four-year term as president.
Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Additional reporting by Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Lance Tupper; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Chris Reese
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