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Oura pulls $15bn stock market listing days after announcement

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Oura has pulled its plan to sell shares in its business on the US stock market, in a move which would have valued the firm at $15bn (£11.3bn), just days after announcing it.

The maker of smart rings which track their owners' health said it would postpone its flotation "due to uncertainty in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) market" and did not say when it might go ahead.

Oura had filed official documents setting out plans to raise up to $2.2bn by offering shares in the business to investors just over a week ago.

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