Spanish gambling company Cirsa's shares rise in market debut

MADRID, July 9 (Reuters) - Shares of Blackstone's BX.N gambling company Cirsa CIRSA.MC rose on Wednesday morning in their trading debut on the Spanish market.

Shares were up 2.4% at 1011GMT in Madrid at 15.33 euros, while the blue chip IBEX-35 .IBEX index was up 0.9%.

Earlier this week, the company had priced its shares at 15 euros, which meant a market capitalisation of about 2.52 billion euros.

Cirsa's Initial Public Offering is the first in Spain since travel technology company HBX Group HBX.MC floated on the stock market in February.