Facebook Stock Drops – What Really Goes On In IPO's

The trading glitches, coupled with underwhelming investor appetite for Facebook shares on Friday, fueled doubts about Wall Street's ability to handle hot IPOs. Shares of Nasdaq OMX Group slipped 2.5% to $21.45 premarket. Facebook's stock fell below its

By Bloomberg News Daniel Acker/BloombergShares in Facebook, which went on sale Friday, plunged in early trading. US stocks advanced, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 Index up from the lowest level in four months, after China signaled it would support

By Bloomberg News Daniel Acker/BloombergShares in Facebook, which went on sale Friday, plunged in early trading. US stocks advanced, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 Index up from the lowest level in four months, after China signaled it would support

Facebook's stock is sinking nearly 7 percent, falling below the $38 IPO price, in the social network's second day of trading as a public company.

The deal offers Cooper shareholders $72 a share in cash and stock, a 29% premium to its Friday close. Facebook's ($33.72, -$4.51, -11.80%) stock fell below its initial public offering price. Despite much enthusiasm for the company's shares, the stock

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