NEW YORK CITY: Shares of two technology companies jumped on Wall Street Thursday (Friday in Manila) following long-awaited public offerings, but US stocks overall failed to keep up the momentum from a rally in Europe.

Mobile payments startup Square vaulted 45.2 percent in its first session after an initial public offering raised $243 million.

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