NEW YORK (AP) Shares of ReWalk Robotics, which makes wearable robotic exoskeletons that helps paralyzed patients walk, more than doubled in their stock market debut.
The medical device maker was one of two health companies that had their initial public offering Friday. Shares of the other, cancer treatment developer Affimed Therapeutics, fell as the broader markets ended Friday with their first loss since early August.
IPOs from health companies have been hot this year. Shares of online health care software company Castlight Health Inc. and drug developer Ultragenyx Pharma more than doubled in their first day of trading earlier this year.
Here's how Friday's IPOs fared:
REWALK ROBOTICS LTD.