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Facebook Said to List on Nasdaq

Decision would confirm exchange's role as venue for biggest tech companies.

By Brian Womack, Nina Mehta and Whitney Kisling, Bloomberg | Updated on April 05, 2012

Facebook Inc. plans to list its shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market, further cementing the exchange operator’s position as the favored venue for the biggest U.S. technology companies, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

The person declined to be named because the discussions are private. Facebook filed for a $5 billion initial public offering on Feb. 1. While the market capitalization of New York Stock Exchange shares is about triple the value of Nasdaq companies, the latter market operator has about twice as many technology corporations trading for more than $1 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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