It’s debut day for Lyft shares – will an IPO bonanza follow for Uber, others?

Uber’s big US competitor Lyft is making its market debut on Friday. It will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker LYFT.

The company priced its IPO at $72 a share on Thursday, valuing the company at around $24 billion. That’s higher than its anticipated price range of $62 to $68 a share, suggesting strong investor demand.

This year is shaping up to be a tech IPO bonanza, with market debuts expected from companies including Uber, Slack, Pinterest and Postmates.

The Lyft IPO could be a bellwether for how these companies will be received by investors. In particular, Lyft will almost certainly be viewed as a proxy for Uber, which is a much larger business.

Lyft’s net loss climbed to $911 million in 2018, which is more than any other US startup has lost in the year prior to its IPO. Uber said last month that it lost $1.8 billion in 2018.